topic Shape Area Unit in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shape-area-unit/m-p/133787#M7742 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kindly i would like to ask about the possibility of changing the fault unit of the shape area attribute when creating/projection shape file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>it is calculated in decimal degrees and i want it to be in Square Kilometers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you so much for your assistant.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:06:30 GMT MiraHaddad 2014-06-24T06:06:30Z Shape Area Unit https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shape-area-unit/m-p/133787#M7742 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kindly i would like to ask about the possibility of changing the fault unit of the shape area attribute when creating/projection shape file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>it is calculated in decimal degrees and i want it to be in Square Kilometers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you so much for your assistant.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:06:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shape-area-unit/m-p/133787#M7742 MiraHaddad 2014-06-24T06:06:30Z Re: Shape Area Unit https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shape-area-unit/m-p/133788#M7743 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You would be advised to Project the data, then calculate a field using the appropriate area</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000004s000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000004s000000</A><BR /><SPAN>see way down towards the bottom</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:39:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shape-area-unit/m-p/133788#M7743 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-06-24T06:39:08Z