I am at my wits end with this and am looking for some assistance. I was using the measure tool and it was displaying in decimal degrees as I wanted. Then I changed it to meters temporarily and then wanted to go back to decimal degrees, but no matter what I do I can't get it back. I followed these instructions from Arc desktop help online Specifying a coordinate system—Help | ArcGIS Desktop:
and my data frame is set to display in decimal degrees, but the measure tool is still displaying meters. What am I missing???
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Maybe one workaround is creating a new data-frame with a Geographic Coordinate System (same as the older one). Use the measure tool once again to get the values in Decimal Degrees. Even if you activate the older data-frame now, the units should be back to Decimal Degrees. Just needed to deactivate the Distance Units. I did not find an easier method to do this.
Maybe one workaround is creating a new data-frame with a Geographic Coordinate System (same as the older one). Use the measure tool once again to get the values in Decimal Degrees. Even if you activate the older data-frame now, the units should be back to Decimal Degrees. Just needed to deactivate the Distance Units. I did not find an easier method to do this.
