https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-designate-geodesic-distances-when-drawing-a/m-p/1525214#M87274 <P>I think what you'll need to do is first project all your data to a geographic coordinate system like WGS84.&nbsp; Then add the newly reprojected data to a new map view in ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; The map view should be recognizing that WGS84 is the GCS.&nbsp; Now when you go to digitize a line, it's using a geodesic vs. planar mode.&nbsp; This can be seen in my Distance/Direction tool with Horizontal, Distance and a new item Pitch.<BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DistanceDirection.JPG" style="width: 970px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/113109i8E88C1A5F8A331B9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="DistanceDirection.JPG" alt="DistanceDirection.JPG" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">DistanceDirection.JPG</span></span></P> Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:27:35 GMT Robert_LeClair 2024-08-21T16:27:35Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-designate-geodesic-distances-when-drawing-a/m-p/1525134#M87266 <P>Hey Arc Community, I was hoping that someone could show me how to change my distances to geodesic when digitizing. It seems that I can only draw in planar distances on my project when I'm trying to utilize geodesic. Any tips or info would be greatly appreciated!</P><P>Screenshot below is for reference.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="TristenDenton4_0-1724252990259.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/113098iE3E4EFC83F33F355/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="TristenDenton4_0-1724252990259.png" alt="TristenDenton4_0-1724252990259.png" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">TristenDenton4_0-1724252990259.png</span></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:07:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-designate-geodesic-distances-when-drawing-a/m-p/1525134#M87266 LakeCountyCOGIS 2024-08-21T15:07:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-designate-geodesic-distances-when-drawing-a/m-p/1525214#M87274 <P>I think what you'll need to do is first project all your data to a geographic coordinate system like WGS84.&nbsp; Then add the newly reprojected data to a new map view in ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; The map view should be recognizing that WGS84 is the GCS.&nbsp; Now when you go to digitize a line, it's using a geodesic vs. planar mode.&nbsp; This can be seen in my Distance/Direction tool with Horizontal, Distance and a new item Pitch.<BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DistanceDirection.JPG" style="width: 970px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/113109i8E88C1A5F8A331B9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="DistanceDirection.JPG" alt="DistanceDirection.JPG" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">DistanceDirection.JPG</span></span></P> Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:27:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-designate-geodesic-distances-when-drawing-a/m-p/1525214#M87274 Robert_LeClair 2024-08-21T16:27:35Z