Geography (point features)

The Geography tab is used to display and edit the coordinates of point features or vertices of line and polygon features. When accessed via the Identify tool, all values are read-only. When accessed via the Feature Properties tool—or by double-tapping a feature with the Select tool—all fields are read/write.

X

Type a new value to modify the x-coordinate location of the selected point feature (if the fields are read/write).

Y

Type a new value to modify the y-coordinate location of the selected point feature (if the fields are read/write).

Z

Type a new value to modify the z-coordinate location of the selected point feature (if the fields are read/write).

This field is only active for three-dimensional shapefiles—that is, PointZ, PolygonZ, or PolyLineZ shapefiles.

M

Type a new value to modify the measure value of the selected point feature (if the fields are read/write).

This field is only active for measured shapefiles (that is, PointM, PolygonM, or PolyLineM shapefiles) and three-dimensional shapefiles (that is, PointZ, PolygonZ, or PolyLineZ shapefiles).

GPS

Tap this button to use the current GPS coordinates to replace the displayed coordinates (if the fields are read/write). Any settings on the Capture or Quality tabs of the GPS Preferences dialog box are applied when capturing the current GPS coordinates.