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ArcGIS Pro Calculate Geometry

DonovanCorliss

On my attribute table, I can calculate a field but I don't see the handy Calculate Geometry that I found in 10.2.2.

Do I need to go back to a script to add a Latitude and Longitude field in my attribute table?

I am using a File Geodatabase table in ArcGIS Pro 1.0 (Prerelease 2, Build 1692

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Ayan Palit

Updating this old thread for tracking and community documentation.

Use Calculate Geometry Attributes to add information to a feature's attribute fields representing the spatial or geometric characteristics and location of each feature, such as length or area and x-, y-, z-coordinates, and m-values.

Access the Calculate Geometry tool by opening the attribute table and right-clicking the field to bring up the context menu. There is an option to 'Calculate Geometry'.
This tool can also be accessed directly from the geoprocessing pane from within the Data Management toolbox > Calculate Geometry Attributes.
You can select an existing field or provide a new field name. If a new field name is provided, the field type is determined by the type of values that are written to the field.
Count attributes are written to long integer fields; area, length, and x-, y-, z-coordinate, and m-value attributes are written to double fields; and coordinate notations such as Degrees Minutes Seconds or MGRS are written to text fields.

Reference KB article: Calculate geometry in ArcGIS Pro

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Ayan Palit

@ShailendraKomal I added links to the Calculate Geometry Attributes as well as requirements of the field/data type for the geometry attributes. Check if you are using 'double' type for XY coordinates.

Ayan Palit

Updating this old thread for tracking and community documentation.

Access the Calculate Geometry tool by opening the attribute table and right-clicking the field to bring up the context menu. There is an option to 'Calculate Geometry'.
This tool can also be accessed directly from the geoprocessing pane from within the Data Management toolbox > Calculate Geometry Attributes.
You can select an existing field or provide a new field name. If a new field name is provided, the field type is determined by the type of values that are written to the field.
Count attributes are written to long integer fields; area, length, and x-, y-, z-coordinate, and m-value attributes are written to double fields; and coordinate notations such as Degrees Minutes Seconds or MGRS are written to text fields.

Reference KB article: Calculate geometry in ArcGIS Pro

ShailendraKomal

hi, im using ArcGisPro 3.5.2 - The Calculate Geometry tool runs, but does not display coordintaes in the x n y fields. ive checked all the prerequisites for using the tool and they are all inline - coordinate system etc...

the solution above adds new "point x and point Y fields" - this does not help in using an existing data set with and existing x y fields.

JoshuaBixby

Since the accepted answer was my answer, I went and added an update to state the OP's question about Calculate Geometry in ArcGIS Pro has been addressed.

KoryKramer

Hi Daryl Hochhalter‌ I'm assuming this is related to this idea you posted yesterday: https://community.esri.com/ideas/17517

Comment back over on that idea thread, because I'm pretty sure with Calculate Geometry that is now "already offered" but definitely want to know if there is something still missing for your workflows.

Thank you.

JeremyTisdale

Sorry, I did not feel it was necessary to update as the other posters had already commented and shown the corrected tools. I am happy they have updated the program to fix the issue.

DarylHochhalter

KKramer-esristaff had already done that 2 years ago, guess I was hoping the original author might come back and select a new correct answer. Had I not already known that, might not have looked past the correct answer.

JoshuaBixby

Given this thread is almost 5 years old, it isn't surprising the information isn't necessarily relevant/accurate any longer. Prior to Pro 2.2, there was no Calculate Geometry Attributes so Add Geometry Attributes was all that is available. Instead of simply saying the answer isn't correct, it would have been more helpful to the community to post that Calculate Geometry Attributes is now available and addresses the OP's question.

DarylHochhalter

That is not the correct answer, calculate and add do two different things.

AlexanderEricsson1

Found this helpful: Convert Coordinate Notation—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop It worked for me

Anonymous User

This short video I created explains the options I was able to implement for calculating XY coordinates in decimal degrees and degrees, minutes, seconds. ArcGIS Pro - Calculate XY Coordinate Geometry in DD and DMS

KoryKramer

https://community.esri.com/ideas/10695 is now In Product Plan and I think we'll see this with the release of Pro 2.2.

Bahram-Jomehzadeh

The solution is in How To: Calculate geometry in ArcGIS Pro page!

HollyBaun1

Thank you very much Jeremy! I saw this thread several months ago, but had not found a solution either, so I moved on. Back at trying to get DD coordinates from placed points efficiently and this worked great!

Initially when I tried to run Add XY Coordinates, it failed and said the layer I was using was not editable. Even though I could view it in my geodatabase, something wasn't saved right (user error!!). I ran a Conversion on the layer and then ran the XY tool, selecting Geographic Coordinates, and it worked fine. After having success with that tool, I also retried the Add Geometry Attributes tool on another point feature layer, and it worked as well. Both tools will calculate in decimal degrees as long as WGS 1984 is selected as the Coordinate System. Both tools will create a Point_X or Point_Y field. If either is run subsequently when those fields already exist, they will overwrite the existing field data.

JeremyTisdale

I had a really long look for a solution to this problem. I was disappointed and angered by the fact they got rid of the calculate geometry tool.

Once I got over that disappointment, I hunted for a solution and came across this thread. I had tried to use the Add Geometry tool, but the point features do not have a 'z' or 'm' value so the tool crashed. When I tried he add X Y coordinates tool, it was giving me the information in meters. After trying some other quick little scripts and lots of other reading, I realized I had to use the Add XY Coordinates tool, but under the Environment tab, I changed the output coordinates to Geographic Coordinates, WGS 1984 and it gave the information as decimal degrees. I hope this saves someone some time.

THIS ISSUE IS FIXED AND THE TOOL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO DEAL WITH THIS.

JoshuaBixby

According to the Calculate Field documentation:

Python expressions can use the geometry area and length properties with an areal or linear unit to convert the value to a different unit of measure (for example, !shape.length@kilometers!).

I don't believe getting XY coordinates in decimal degrees from projected data is supported with the tool. I believe the Add Geometry Attributes tool is what you should be trying to use.

LeeBrannon

Joshua's comment was very helpful, but I have an issue that requires an additional parameter in using the Field Calculator to get XY values into existing fields. My data is in State Plane Feet but I need to calculate the XY coords in decimal degrees for my existing XY fields. How do I specify that I want my output units to be decimal degrees?

I tried !SHAPE.CENTROID.X@DECIMALDEGREES! but it failed so I am guessing my syntax is wrong.

AndyFairbairn

Thanks for that Joshua - since the field names in my data don't match those that Add Geometry Attributes wants to add, it looks like Calculate Field is my only option as far as I can see (unfortunately I don't have the option of modifying the attribute table fields in this case). So, thanks for the help with centroid syntax - somehow managed to miss that when looking through the e.g.s in the documentation.

Cheers,

Andy.

JoshuaBixby

According to the documentation for Add Geometry Attributes:

One or many attribute fields will be added to the input features depending on the options specified in the Geometry Properties parameter. If the fields already exist in the input features, the values in those fields will be overwritten.

If you want to use Calculate Field instead, the examples in the documentation cover your situation. For example, !SHAPE.CENTROID.X! and !SHAPE.CENTROID.Y!

AndyFairbairn

Add Geometry Attributes seems to be fine if you want to add new columns to your attribute table, but what if you just want to update existing geometry columns? I have managed to use Field Calculator for areas - e.g. !shape.area@hectares! but not sure how to do this for x and y coordinates - !shape.center()! ? - can anyone help me with the syntax for this please?

I miss the Calculate Geometry tool!

Thanks,

Andy.

DonovanCorliss

Thanks - Geoprocessing Tools - Add Geometry Attributes worked like a charm. I got x, y, z, and m.

JoshuaBixby

I believe Add Geometry Attributes is replacing Calculate Geometry in ArcGIS Pro, at least that was the word during beta testing.

UPDATE: Since ArcGIS Pro 2.2, a comparable Calculate Geometry tool has been available.

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