https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/problems-with-absolute-x-y-z-tool/m-p/1533571#M87845 <P><STRONG><EM>Hello Everyone!!</EM></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><EM><BR /></EM></STRONG>Today's question is related with Absolute X, Y, Z tool. I'm having some issues when I try to create a point based on its geographic coordinates (WGS-84). I'm right-clicking at a random location on the map and after thar I execute the Absolute X, Y, Z tool, the current coordinates appear:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114044iD71266DAF2D1DDB9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" /></span></P><P><BR />But when I try to change them (even only moving the cursor) all the text boxes turn into red, indicating some input or format error.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114045i5C52514EC87C8C57/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" /></span></P><P><BR />However, when I put the º, ' and " characters the error disappears...<BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114046i4CE379FD02EF14A7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" /></span></P><P>I did the exact same process in another computer and there is no need to add any symbol to the coordinates, just letting a space between degrees minutes and seconds the tool works fine.</P><P>I highly appreciate if you have any suggestion abut this, cuz typing the additional symbols is a time-consuming process when you enter lots of manual points.</P><P>Thank you all!!</P> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:23:51 GMT EDUARDOARDILARINCON 2024-08-30T20:23:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/problems-with-absolute-x-y-z-tool/m-p/1533571#M87845 <P><STRONG><EM>Hello Everyone!!</EM></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><EM><BR /></EM></STRONG>Today's question is related with Absolute X, Y, Z tool. I'm having some issues when I try to create a point based on its geographic coordinates (WGS-84). I'm right-clicking at a random location on the map and after thar I execute the Absolute X, Y, Z tool, the current coordinates appear:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114044iD71266DAF2D1DDB9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_0-1725049346020.png" /></span></P><P><BR />But when I try to change them (even only moving the cursor) all the text boxes turn into red, indicating some input or format error.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114045i5C52514EC87C8C57/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_1-1725049376175.png" /></span></P><P><BR />However, when I put the º, ' and " characters the error disappears...<BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/114046i4CE379FD02EF14A7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" alt="EDUARDOARDILARINCON_2-1725049410965.png" /></span></P><P>I did the exact same process in another computer and there is no need to add any symbol to the coordinates, just letting a space between degrees minutes and seconds the tool works fine.</P><P>I highly appreciate if you have any suggestion abut this, cuz typing the additional symbols is a time-consuming process when you enter lots of manual points.</P><P>Thank you all!!</P> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:23:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/problems-with-absolute-x-y-z-tool/m-p/1533571#M87845 EDUARDOARDILARINCON 2024-08-30T20:23:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/problems-with-absolute-x-y-z-tool/m-p/1533613#M87848 <P>Are the 2 machines running different versions of pro?</P><P>Requiring the special characters just makes huge problems of efficient data entry practices so hopefully the special character requirements are not a 'new' feature. My normal work flow is to convert any DMS values into decimal degrees for speed/accuracy of data entry, needing just the 10key part of the keyboard. dd = D + (M/60) + (S/3600)</P><P>Tom</P> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 22:39:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/problems-with-absolute-x-y-z-tool/m-p/1533613#M87848 ThomasHoman 2024-08-30T22:39:52Z