Add XYZ or LAT LONG

Question

I am using the arcpad data manager toolbar with 10.1 and arcpad 10.  I have fields created to populate x, y, z, lat, and long in my point file.  How do i get those fields to be populated after i come back out of the field?  I saw there is a script out there that you put in your default applet file path, but that was for an older version.  Do i need to do something similar or what is everyone else doing out there to get coordinate information into your attribute table.  Thanks in advance.

Jake

HannahFerrier · Answer

For those using ArcPad 10.2 - check out the new QUICKFIELDS functionality.

This allows you to set rules for the auto-population of attribute data eg. x, y, date, time, auto-increment values and more!

Simply map the expressions you build in ArcPad to the fields in your data, switch on QuickFields and watch the data appear in your forms as you collect new features 🙂

Hannah

StephenNicholson · Answer

I have used the LeProwse/Minteer applet and GPS locates to great success with ArcPad 6.0. However, it rarely works with ArcPad 10.X. For example, I just did a two day field project with 413 points captured with GPS - none of them autopopulated the X,Y fields. Today I revisited three points to update their geometry with GPS and the X,Y fields autopopulated.  Same ArcPad project, same shapefiles, same attribute table, same applet. Go figure!

MindySchaad · Answer

There is an applet that will do this for you. 
 
http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=16785

Good Luck!

Mindy Schaad