# LatLon Tools

Lat Lon Tools plugin makes it easy to capture, zoom to coordinates, and interact with other on-line mapping tools.

This plugin seems simple, but it adds a lot of functionality to QGIS!  It can save time when you want to add a single point to the map - instead of having to load it in as a layer, you can simply use the LatLon Tools to add it by the coordinates. 

{% hint style="danger" %}
If you add data through this tool you will have to save it as a vector file to keep it!  
{% endhint %}

The plugin has the following tools:

* Capture/Display coordinates to the clipboard (in any projection) when the user clicks on the map. 
* Capture the bounding box of the map canvas.
* Zoom to and highlight a point on the map using coordinates from any projection, and can format the coordinates in decimal degrees (DD) and degrees-minutes-seconds (DMS).
* Add points to a layer by coordinate.
* Coordinate conversions

![QGIS with LatLon Tools highlighted](/files/-MW0U_sj3OXMIp2XlLHD)

![Here, we have used Lat Lon Tools to convert the coordinate into Antarctic Polar Stereographic in a variety of formats a](/files/-MW0Uw7VpMdGyUexh4qz)


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