Latitude/Longitude and x, y, z coordinates

FME automatically recognizes some common attribute names as potential x,y,z coordinates and sets their types.

This data may not necessarily have a spatial component, but columns can be identified as x, y, or z coordinates to create point geometries. Attributes can be set in the reader parameters to specify which values should be taken to create the coordinates of point geometries when specified.

Supported Coordinate Attributes

X and Y coordinate attributes are labeled using one of the well-known coordinate systems. If the X coordinate is found, the Y coordinate must also match. These well-known coordinate groups are:

Geographic Group – Longitude/Latitude (not case-sensitive):

  • (English/French/Swedish) lon, long, longitude and lat, latitude, latitud
  • (Dutch) Lengtegraad, Breedtegraad
  • (German) Laenge, Länge, Laengengrad, Längengrad in Östliche Längengrad (Östliche optional)
  • Breite, Breitengrad in Nördliche Breitengrad (Nördliche optional)
  • Japanese long and lat \U00005341\U00009032\U00007D4C\U00005EA6, \U00005341\U00009032\U00007DEF\U00005EA6

XYCoordinateGroup (not case-sensitive):

  • east(int), north(ing)
  • coord_x, coord_y
  • my_x_coord, my_y_coord
  • x, y
  • xCoord, yCoord
  • CoordX, CoordY
  • Japanese X and Y coordinates: x\U00005EA7\U00006A19, y\U00005EA7\U00006A19

z values do not have to match the X and Y grouping:

  • z, coord_z, z_coord, my_z_coord
  • height
  • elev, elevation
  • depth
  • zCoord zKoordinate
  • CoordZ KoordinateZ
  • zoord in Japanese z\U00005EA7\U00006A19
  • elevation/altitude in Japanese: \U00006A19\U00009AD8|\U00009AD8\U00005EA6