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Converting map units (m) to utm

Rebekah

Hi everyone,

Hopefully you can help me fix a silly mistake I made.

I manly wrote down the xy of points that I mapped in Arcmap 10.7.1 (using the xy values that appear in the bottom right hand corner of the display.

I thought these xy values were UTM coordinates but have since discovered they are either map or display units in m. The coordinate system is Geographic (WGS_1984) but the display units are m.

Is there a way I can convert these xy map/display units to UTM?

Thank you!

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Rebekah

Hi JayantaPoddar,

I just wanted to let you know my solution to this problem.

I realised that the map unit was Arcmaps conversion of decimal degrees to meters. So, in excel, I converted my xy values (in the csv file) to decimal degrees and imported it to Arcmap, now the grid plots where it should.

Thank you so much for your help, I have learned a lot!

Best wishes

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Rebekah

Here's the screenshot, its in south-central Chile

JayantaPoddar

Thank you for further info (and those XY coordinates). You might have missed attaching the screenshot.

Does the location of the points look correct? I have currently projected them in WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere).

Just trying to understand what the map coordinate system could be, when you noted the XY coordinates.

Rebekah

Hi JayantaPoddar,

Thanks so much for your quick reply.
A little more detail: I was building a 3D mesh of the Andes mountain range
in a different program and needed the coordinates of points that delineate
fault lines. I was amatur when I started this so that's why I noted down
some coordinates by hand and built the rest of the grid using these
coordinates in matlab.

I have a csv file with xyz values as follows:
-7596001.236, -3978597.087, 0
-7658242.973, -3674412.917, 0
...

These are the display units in m.

If I select a single point on my DEM using the identify tool, I get these
location display options:
-7,992,328.297 -3,902,864.260 Meters ----The units I used
-71.876769 -35.099318 Decimal Degrees
19H 237770 6112155 UTM

So I see the decimal degrees don't relate to the display units in m's.
What I need to do is convert the display units I have in the csv file to
UTM.

Does this make sense?
I've attached a screenshot of my desktop.

JayantaPoddar

UTM zones are projected coordinate systems whose units are in Meters. That shouldn't be a problem.

So I assume you ended up with a feature class whose values look like Decimal Degrees, and unit is in Meters.

You can follow the following steps to rectify the problem (Take a backup of the current feature class before following these steps).

1. Use Define Projection (Data Management) tool, to change the coordinate system of the Feature Class without changing its values (Keep the coordinate system as GCS_WGS_1984).

2. Use Project (Data Management) to reproject the data to an appropriate UTM zone.

If your concern is different, a little more explanation with screenshots would help.

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