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How To Calculate XY and Latitude Longitude Coordinates values

There is to options to calculate XY or Latitude Longitude Coordinates values using ArcGIS Calculate Geometry Option or ArcToolbox.

 Use the Calculate Geometry tool. This is a more manual process of :
1 Add a new fields to the attribute table, one for Latitude and one for Longitude.
2 Right click the field header select Calculate Geometry and pick either the Data Frame CRS or Data CRS to append the coorindates.
To Calculate latitude and longitude coordinates values with the same option you will change the unite  type from metre to degree.

How to Calculate X Y coordinates in ArcGIS (Option 1)


Use a tool which is called the "Add XY Coordinates" tool you can find this in the Data Management toolbox. The tool adds two fields called "Point X" and "Point Y" and populates them with the coordinate values (bear in mind the values will be in latitude and longitude as this is a GCS).

How to Calculate XY and Lat Long coordinates values (Option 2)


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