Editing Feature Layer

[Thinley_JyamtshoWangdi]

Dear Worthy Helpers,
I am soliciting a small help from the experts here.
I had been using ArcMap 10 to edit my point feature layer which is Geodatabase. I tried adding points to the existing feature attribute table giving MGRS and Lat/long and other information. After entering and saving in the attribute table, i am not able to see visually on the view window.

Secondly, in the same editing mode, i tried adding the points spatially (without using feature attribute table) but its getting added on the fly and doesn't seem to be getting added on the attribute table.

Would appreciate for your kind suggestions.

Many thanks and Happy New year 2012.

Regards
Thinley

[JeffWard]

The actual coordinates of a point are stored in the shape field.  So when you add coordinates in an MGRS field, that is only an attribute of the point feature.  If you want to create points using a table of coordinates, first create a table with fields like MGRS, LAT, and LONG.  After entering the coordinate info in the table, add it to ArcMap and right click on the table in the table of contents and select "Display X Y Data".  This will bring up a dialog that allows you to specify what fields in the table have the x and y coordinates.  You can then export the resulting layer to a feature class in a geodatabase. 

Or if you add the points spatially on the map, you can then go to the fields in your table and right click the field name and choose "Calculate Geometry".  That will let you calculate the Lat, Long and MGRS coordinate for the points you entered on the map.