edit coordinate fields in a layer?

Ken-Middleton

Although I am able to change longitude/latitude fields either in a popup or in a table in Map Viewer, doing so does not change the point on the map. It remains at the same location before editing the fields.  I know that some fields are not editable, but why would the system accept my edits and not have the changes reflected on the map? Is there something in the workflow that I am missing?

 

ChristopherCounsell

Geometry is stored within the layer. You won't see coordinates in the attribute table.

If you have coordinates in the attribute table, it's likely that they came from earlier e.g. uploading a CSV with X Y coordinates. They would be used to create the point, not removed from the table, and then not updated.

Some web applications will add X and y coordinates to exports e.g. experience builder.

If you want to see the coordinates in the pop-up you can use Arcade to return the geometry:

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-display-xy-values-in-arcgis-online-map-viewer-po-000028156

You could also use this to dynamically update the points coordinates attributes with Forms. E.g. move point, arcade calculates field as X. However this won't work the other way (change attribute doesn't move the point) and I don't recommend it as you can end up with points in different locations to the coordinate attributes.