When you identify a feature what coordinate system does the location result ticker use?

[KeithAddison1]

When you identify a feature, the identify window gives you a location for the identified feature (about 1/3rd of the way down in the identify window).  If the identified feature's layer has a different spatial reference than the data frame it resides in, which spatial reference does the aforementioned location readout use, the data frame's or the layer's?

[ChrisDonohue__GISP · Accepted solution]

The spatial location on the Identify readout is based on the Data Frame coordinate system, not the coordinate system of the layer that you are using in the Identify.

You can test this by changing the spatial reference of the Data Frame, then using the Identify tool.

Chris Donohue, GISP

[DarrenWiens2]

The location is reported in coordinates matching your data frame settings, not the feature layer. Convince yourself by changing coordinate systems of the data frame and pay attention to the coordinates of your cursor at the bottom of the map. They will match, if your data frame properties are set to show the same units as the linear unit of the data frame coordinate system. For example, if your data frame CRS is in metres and your data frame display is metres, the coordinates at the bottom of the screen will match the coordinates in the identify pop-up.