Interpreting Attribute Table of Minimum Bounding Rectangle

[JosephHafer]

New to this... I'm using ArcGIS Desktop 10.4.1 and I'm running some minimum bounding rectangles based on a feature class of points that span several adjacent counties, but I'm having difficulty interpreting the output. The coordinate system of my data frame is WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) so I know that the linear unit is based in meters (right?). The results of my rectangle (below) make no sense to me; shape_area is 1 square meter...?

[RyanOlson1]

This question seems to be in the wrong forum. This is the "ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS" forum. If you move it appropriately you will have a better chance of getting it answered.

Thanks

[JosephHafer]

Wow, clearly new to this… thanks!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

the coordinate system of the data frame doesn't determine the Shape_Area or Shape_Length fields.  They are controlled by the coordinate system of the input data, which is apparently in degrees.  If you want data returned in planar units, you should use the Project tool to produce a new file in projected coordinates, prior to calculating any geometry parameters.

[JosephHafer]

Splendid, thank you!