Calculate Lat/Long for Shapefile

Ever needed to add XY or Latitude/Longitude values to you shapefiles or feature classes?  Well, what seems to be a mystery can easily be done with just a few clicks.

The easiest way to get the lat/long values is to right click the field and select “Calculate Geometry…”. You can define whether to calculate x or y along with other geometries too.

Here is a more extensive video tutorial.

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Learn how to add XY data to a map here:

Create Point File from XY Data

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