To Work With Coordinate Tracking

As you move the cursor around in a drawing window, you can display the cursor location in the coordinate systems you choose.

To track coordinates

1. Click Analyze tabGeo Tools panelCoordinate Track.The Track Coordinates pane appears.
2. Click the coordinate tracker toolbar and select a coordinate system in the drop-down list. If you know the code of the coordinate system you want, you can type the code.
3. The Track Coordinates pane displays the code and description of the coordinate system.

As you move the cursor over the drawing window, the coordinate tracker updates the cursor's coordinates in the selected coordinate system.

To add a coordinate tracker to the Track Coordinates pane

1. Hover over the coordinate tracker toolbar to see the controls. Click .

   A new coordinate tracker appears in the Track Coordinates pane.

2. Click the coordinate tracker toolbar and select a coordinate system in the drop-down list. If you know the code of the coordinate system you want, you can type the code.
3. Repeat steps 1-3 to add more coordinate trackers to the Track Coordinates pane.

To remove a coordinate system from the Track Coordinates pane

• In the coordinate tracker toolbar, click . The selected coordinate tracker is removed from the Track Coordinates pane.

To create a feature using the coordinate tracker

1. Start a command, such as LINE or MPOLYGON.
2. Enter the coordinates for the geometric point in the coordinate tracker, then click .
3. Continue as appropriate for the feature you are creating.

Tips

• If the coordinate tracker remains empty as you move the cursor in the drawing window, either there is no coordinate system assigned to the current drawing or the cursor is in a region of the window that is not valid for the specified coordinate system.
• You can track coordinates using the coordinate system of a specific attached drawing. In Map Explorer, right-click the attached drawing Track Drawing's Coordinates. The Track Coordinates pane opens, preset to the specified attached drawing's coordinate system. If Track Drawing's Coordinates is not available, there is no coordinate system assigned to the attached drawing.