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Coordinate input

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A simple and fast tool for creating points by specifying geographic coordinates.

If you have coordinates of your places you can create this points on the map by just coordinates input in OsmAnd.

Coordinate input for **iOS** is not supported while.

Actions

Points are set as waypoints in My places menu. For starting creation of Points by coordinate input:

MenuMy PlacesTracks"earth" button on the bottom of the screen.

This action opens "Edit point" menu:
Coordinate input Actions Android

The "Edit point" menu contains:

The template for adding a point by coordinates
Coordinate input menu Android Coordinate input menu Android
- "Options" menu - opening the menu of options and choosing of coordinate format.
- Latitude and Longitude line - allows to input latitude and longitude in the selected format (D - degrees, M - minutes, S - seconds). You can change coordinates format in "Options" menu.
- Latitude and Longitude buttons - allows to change "South <-> North" and "West <-> East" for coordinates input.
- "Point name" line - allows adding a point name or use a name by default.
- "Clearing" ("X") buttons - allow to reset data for inputting coordinates.
The Points list - shows added points: name, distance and direction to this point.
Coordinate input point list Android
- "" button opens the action menu for Editing or Deleting chosen point. Tapping to a point opens the editing action of this point.
Keyboard with additional buttons - allows to input corrdinate data.
Coordinate input Add point Android
- "Add" button - allows adding a new point after input of coordinates.
- "Cancel" button - reset all adding data.
- Keyboard buttons - allow to input data, delete it, jump to the next coordinate value, hide the keyboard. In Options you can change the keyboard to system keyboard for input coordinate.
Back "" button - allows to open the action "Save as track" for your adding points.
Here you can input a track name or stay name by default. Click to "Save" button for saving added points like a new track. You find saving track in My places menu: MenuMy PlacesTracks → "Map markers" folder. The action "Save as track" is in Options menu too.
Coordinate input Add point Android Coordinate input Add point Android

Options

Tapping to "Options" button opens Options menu with next actions:
Coordinate input Options menu Android
- Save as track - allows to open "Save as track" action for your adding points. Here you can input a track name or stay name by default. Click to "Save" button for saving added points like a new track. You find saving track in My places menu: MenuMy PlacesTracks → "Map markers" folder. The action "Save as track" is in Actions too.
- Use system keyboard - allows to use system keyboard for input coordinate.
- Use double digit longitude - allows entering longitude data with two digits only. For example, when using longitude input in the range of 0 ° to 99 °.
- Coordinate format - allows changing the coordinate format for inputting.
Coordinates formatExample
DD°MM.MMM′23°27.215′
DD°MM.MMMM′23°27.2152′
DD.DDDDD°23.48125°
DD.DDDDDD°23.481251°
DD°MM′SS″23°27′30″