idea Changing coordinates order in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Changing coordinates order

JanPetr — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:30:48 GMT

It would be great if it would be possible to choose the order of displaing and inserting geographic coordinates in ESRI products including ArcGIS online. According to ISO 6709 latitude should come before longitude but ESRI prefers the reverse order. Presently if you copy the coordinates from/to Google maps (and all other maps), it's necessary to change the order.

Re: Changing coordinates order

RobertKlein3 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:47:17 GMT

Suggest this be merged with other idea.

Re: Changing coordinates order

IngmarAlbinson — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:35:01 GMT

I agree, standard in Sweden is:

Presentation in order North, East and Level.

Name for axis are North = X, East = Y and Level = Z, and we use clockwise direction for angle with 400 for one turn.

These settings are different in different countries therefor ArcGIS need these setting to customize system for regional settings.

Re: Changing coordinates order - Status changed to: In Product Plan

KoryKramer — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:40:15 GMT

While it has been possible to change the display order for coordinates in ArcGIS Pro by going to Options > Units > Location Units > right-click Edit unit format:

Coming in ArcGIS Pro 3.0, the order of the Go to XY tool coordinate input boxes will reflect the format as defined in the project location units, for example XY or YX which will satisfy this request.

Re: Changing coordinates order - Status changed to: Implemented

KoryKramer — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:40:42 GMT

This functionality has been added in ArcGIS Pro 3.0. See to see this and all of the other ideas you can look forward to when you upgrade.

Also be sure to check out the What's New documentation: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm