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How can I see the coordinates in the attribute table?

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09-16-2024 02:10 PM
JiheeSeo
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1. I measured the coordinates at 2 points using Trimble GPS and FieldMaps.

2. I opened my map and point shapefile from ArcGIS Online, but I cannot see the coordinates in the attribute table. What I can see in the attribute table is ObjectID, GlobalID, CreationDate, Creator, EditDate, Edior, and shape as the image below.

3. How can I see the coordinates in the attribute table?

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Ed_
by MVP Regular Contributor
MVP Regular Contributor

This might help 🙂

Calculate the XY coordinates of point features in ArcGIS Pro

 

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JiheeSeo
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Thank you very much for the first comment!😄

However, I am afraid that the coordinates will be acquired from the ArcGIS Pro map (basemap or whatever) if I follow the link you provided, not from the Trimble GPS that I had measured in the field site.

I had seen the coordinates in FieldMaps application when I measured the coordinates of the points in the field. But, I cannot see in the attribute table when I open the shapefile.

Is there any way I can see the coordinates that I measured from the field? Or will the link help me to get the coordinates that I acquired from the GPS in the field?

Thank you very much for your help!

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Ed_
by MVP Regular Contributor
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With Fields Maps 

The following may help 

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/field-maps/latest/prepare-maps/configure-the-map.htm

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JiheeSeo
Emerging Contributor

Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it! I did not find the solution in the second link, so I might use the first link. 

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JiheeSeo
Emerging Contributor

In the Field Maps Mobile App, I can see the coordinates. My question was, "how to see these coordinates (measured from the field) in the computer (shapefile)". Maybe I should type the coordinates one by one. 😂

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Thank you very much for your help!

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ChristopherCounsell
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Shapefiles and Hosted Feature Layers are vector data. They consist of a table (fields/attributes) and geometry.

By default, geometry is NOT stored as attributes in the table. You can add this in a few different ways. Depending on how you are adding it or updating the location, the coordinates may not update in the table.

What you should do is:

It doesn't look like you have exported to Shapefile. What you are showing is a Hosted Feature Layer. It's currently online. You can add fields and calculate them against the live layer. Again noting that it will NOT update automatically if you move the point. I would not recommend this option. Better to do it properly - before with the GPS fields on the live layer, or after you have collected and adding it to the offline shapefile. 

All of this also ignores the coordinate systems and datum transformations. Field Maps will convert your GPS location to the basemap. The GPS metadata fields will store the coordinates before the transformation is applied between the GPS location profile. You have more options as to what coordinate system is calculated when you do it after data collection in ArcGIS Pro. 

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JiheeSeo
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Thank you very much for the comment with detailed explanation. This is a very new solution. I will be trying your solution!

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