The <centercoordinatetext> element is used to add text showing the map center coordinate value to the map template. The map center coordinate projection must be defined in the site configuration or else adding this to the template will have no effect. If you want to put the center coordinate text on the map, be sure to add the <centercoordinatetext> element to your template after the <map> element, as the template items are drawn in the order that they appear in the print configuration file.

Note that the position attribute must be defined in the units defined by the units attribute of the <template> element, but the font-size is always defined in points.

Frequency Parent Elements (the <titletext> element is valid within): PO+ <template>

Frequency Description (in this context) PO+ The <centercoordinatetext> element may appear one or more times within the <template> element in any order.

Attributes Description position The page position of the text, expressed in the units specified in the units attribute of the <template> element. The position should be two numbers separated by a comma (with no white space), representing the x and y location. For example, if the units are "points", a value of "72,72" would indicate a position one inch from the left side and bottom side of the page. Required. alignment The alignment of the text, relative to the position. Valid values are "left", "right", and "center". Required. font The font of the text, chosen from one of the following valid font names: "helvetica", "helvetica_bold", "helvetica_boldoblique", "helvetica_oblique", "times_roman", "times_bold", "times_bolditalic", "times_italic", "courier", "courier_bold", "courier_boldoblique", "courier_oblique". Optional, defaults to "helvetica". font-size The font size for the text, expressed in points. Integer value expected, example: font-size="9". Optional, defaults to "9".

Example:

  <!-- draw center coordinate text -->
  <!-- to draw this on the map, include this after the map element -->
  <centercoordinatetext position="587,69" font="helvetica" font-size="9" alignment="right"/>