topic Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

CoreySimmons1 — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:31:10 GMT

I have used the identify tool in ArcMap for years, to identify and obtain coordinates within my view extent. I have previously transitioned over to the newest version of ArcPro and the main issue I am running into, is getting coordinates with the Explorer (previously the identify tool) tool. There is a clumsy right click and pan through three menus to find a coordinate but what makes ArcMap so functional is the ability to identify a specific coordinate immediately without having to shuffle through menus. I have exhausted an inordinate amount of time trying to mitigate this issue, to no avail. Any and all help would be very much appreciated.

If there is no other way, that might be something for Esri to potentially look into. In my humble opinion.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

MervynLotter — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:51:59 GMT

I had the same problem as I also frequently use the identify tool to extract coordinates from the map view. I posted a similar question a few months ago (https://community.esri.com/thread/174549 ) and Joshua Bixby kindly responded with a Pro add-on that works really well. It still works in Pro 1.4.1.

Joshua wrote:

Check out the Coordinate Conversion Addin (.NET). It is put out by one of the Esri teams on GitHub. It has a version for ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro. It doesn't integrate into the Explore tool like you would like, but it does provide a quick way to get coordinates of screen cursors/locations and even have them in multiple formats.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

ThomasColson — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:37:39 GMT

Don't forget to upvote https://community.esri.com/ideas/10859

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

KoryKramer — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:14:23 GMT

Currently you can right-click > Copy Coordinates

Further improvements/options will be in upcoming releases.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

BugPie — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:25:16 GMT

Hi Kory/ESRI - Any idea if this will be improved soon? This is driving us crazy. Like was mentioned in this post we were previously ID'ing a point in arcmap and then getting the UTM, Decimal and DMS values for that point which we could then copy and paste into another doc or layout. This was such a GREAT way to quickly convert or translate coordiante systems.

Using the Get Coordinates only gives you the location of the mouse click, not the feature you are actually trying to ID. I'd hate to have to zoom in to 1:1 each time to get the coordinates.

Help!

Thanks -

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

KoryKramer — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:03:41 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.2 (coming next week) has some major improvements to identify workflows, including providing feature coordinates in the pop-up.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

BugPie — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:20:35 GMT

YES EXACTLY!!! That's the good stuff right there. Thanks for the interactive response Kory.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

KoryKramer — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:21:55 GMT

OH YEAH!!!

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

JoeBorgione — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:25:51 GMT

Kory Kramer - so we'll just see an 'updates available' message upon firing up ArcGIS PRO?

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

KoryKramer — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:28:24 GMT

If you have that enabled

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

JoeBorgione — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:35:16 GMT

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

Miralem_Zeljo — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:18:49 GMT

What is the option if there is no point where we are trying to extract coordinates?

Arc Pro seems to be taking really long time to extract coordinates if you just right click on the image, this is intermittent but once it starts glitching it takes 10 seconds to copy values.

What could be causing this issue as it seems to go away for a while when you create new project and start over, this problem keeps coming back.

Re: Using the Explorer tool to get coordinates?

MaryMekkers — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:17:13 GMT

The coordinates provided in the pop-up for polygons is the centroid - not the location clicked (e.g. a polygon corner). Minor detail...

To obtain coordinates of the location clicked (irrespective of a features) , you have to right-click and "copy coordinates" - hopefully without moving cursor.