How to transform the x,y coordinates from decimal degrees to meters?

[GB]

Hi! I have a list of points in a excel file with the x,y coordinates in the Decimal Degree format. I would like to import these points in a project in ArcGIS where everything is projected in ED_1950_UTM_Zone_32N (Projected Coordinate System). I can I import by Conversion Tools/Excel/Excel to table, then I can visualize data in: Add Data/Add XY Data, but, of course I cannot put as Coordinate System of the input data ED_1950_UTM_Zone_32N, as, the original excel file contains coordinates in decimal degrees, while in my project in arcgis I have meters as units. How can I solve it? Thank you.

[DanPatterson_Retired · Accepted solution]

You have to save the event layer as a featureclass or a shapefile.  Then you have to define its projection as a Geographic Coordinate system (probably GCS WGS84).  And from there, you can use the Project tool to project it to a new file in your desired projection, or simply leave it alone and just remember that that one file has a different coordinate system.  As long as all files have a defined coordinate system, they will all project-on-the-fly to the coordinate system of the data frame

[GB]

Thank you.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

GB, could you close the thread so that people know that an answer was obtained. It will otherwise remain open until the owners of the space get around to it