https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/manual-location-not-allowed-despite-being-turned/m-p/1709217#M12794 <P>Do you have z-aware features? I just encountered this and fixed it by republishing my service and checking the box for "apply default to features with z-values" under Configuration &gt; Feature.&nbsp; See also:&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/problem-unable-to-add-point-features-beyond-the-user-s--000029556" target="_blank">Unable to Add Point Features beyond the User’s Location in ArcGIS Field Maps</A></P> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:49:22 GMT mzhang 2026-06-23T01:49:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/manual-location-not-allowed-despite-being-turned/m-p/1691253#M12499 <P>I have a field map I am working on where I want to allow users to manually add points, however, field maps is giving me this notification when I try and manually add a point.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="3056d451-585d-4002-8a1d-96dc74f23651.jpg" style="width: 214px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/149983i41335DAABB9D9586/image-dimensions/214x122?v=v2" width="214" height="122" role="button" title="3056d451-585d-4002-8a1d-96dc74f23651.jpg" alt="3056d451-585d-4002-8a1d-96dc74f23651.jpg" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">3056d451-585d-4002-8a1d-96dc74f23651.jpg</span></span></P><P>I have the settings that allow manual collection turned on, but it is still giving me the above error.</P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P>Are there other settings that impact this?</P> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:39:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/manual-location-not-allowed-despite-being-turned/m-p/1691253#M12499 Kayleigh_T 2026-03-18T14:39:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/manual-location-not-allowed-despite-being-turned/m-p/1709217#M12794 <P>Do you have z-aware features? I just encountered this and fixed it by republishing my service and checking the box for "apply default to features with z-values" under Configuration &gt; Feature.&nbsp; See also:&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/problem-unable-to-add-point-features-beyond-the-user-s--000029556" target="_blank">Unable to Add Point Features beyond the User’s Location in ArcGIS Field Maps</A></P> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:49:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/manual-location-not-allowed-despite-being-turned/m-p/1709217#M12794 mzhang 2026-06-23T01:49:22Z