I am trying to calculate the area of a group of polygons, but to first test Calculate Geometry tool (which I've never used) I started with a 1/4 square mile box. Area is the field I created for the calculations. I set the Data Type to Double and the number format to Numeric and I am using the Coordinate System of the map. When calculating square miles I get 0.0625. I have changed Coordinate System, I have changed Projection, everything I can think of but the results are the same:
Oddly enough, when I change from square miles to US Survey Acres the answer is correct.
Can anyone offer some insight into what I may be doing incorrectly?
