topic Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

CamTurney_CityofCF — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:48:46 GMT

I am working with an address point layer. I created two fields, Latitude and Longitude. Both are double types, and set to numeric format with 6 decimal points, 6 sig-figs, and pad with zeros. When I calculate the decimal degrees for both, they only calculate 1 decimal space, so everything is X1.100000 and -X2.100000. I made sure it is using the map's coordinate system (state plane). I cannot figure out why it is doing this.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

ChrisUnderwood — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:17:16 GMT

Hello @CamTurney_CityofCF , in the ArcGIS Pro Options, Units > Location Units section, you can set the format for Decimal Degrees. Does that affect the number of decimal places that you see ?

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

CamTurney_CityofCF — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:44:43 GMT

My units are already in decimal degrees. I restarted and it did the same. it is a rather large dataset with over 20,000 records. Would that affect it? Also, this picture shows my results. as you can see, the formatting is correct, the calculation just won't go farther than tenths.

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

jfranz — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:56:51 GMT

@CamTurney_CityofCF Did you ever find a solution to this issue?

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

EstherHolden — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:30:15 GMT

Im having the same issue... any suggestions?

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

CamTurney_CityofCF — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:14:24 GMT

No I have not

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

GBPTechForester — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:10:47 GMT

This is happening to me as well.

Re: Calculate Geometry only Working to 1 Decimal

GBPTechForester — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:16:03 GMT

@CamTurney_CityofCF

I just encountered the same problem. I tried creating a new blank map and pulling in the layer. Then the calculate geometry worked correctly for me. I suspect it's an issue with coordinate systems arguing.