Formats the coordinates within the file specified. The first argument indicates the original format and the second argument the destination format. The third argument is the path to the source file containing the coordinates, which should be organized in 2 columns comma separated. The format can be one of the following:


- LatLong (latitude, Longitude - WGS84))

- DMS (Degrees, minutes, seconds)

- UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator)

- USNG


The data needs to be entered in the file following a strict convention:


LatLong: Latitude|Longitude. E.g. 36.28711454|-83.49819683

DMS: DegreeMinuteSecondNDegreeMinuteSecondW. E.g. 361713.6N0832953.5W

UTM: ZoneLatitudeLongitude. E.g. 17N2756404018690

USNG: ZoneCoords. E.g. 17SKA75641869

For example, consider a file containing the following coordinates in Latitude-Longitude format (WGS84):


36.28711454|-83.49819683

36.30546503|-83.43104901

36.30477455|-83.43186156

36.30477455|-83.43186156

36.30643529|-83.4312484


The command for converting this file to UTM format, located at C:\Temp\myFile.txt, will be as follows:


GIS BatchFormat latlong utm C:\Temp\myFile.txt


The converted file will be saved as myFileutm.txt at the same folder and will look as follows:


17N 275640 4018690

17N 281723 4020572

17N 281648 4020497

17N 281648 4020497

17N 281708 4020680


The following conditions need to be fulfilled:


1. OpenDSS-GIS must be installed

2. OpenDSS-GIS must be initialized (use GIS Start command)

3. The model needs to have the correct GISCoords file