Location and Site Dialog: Location Tab

Use the Location tab of the Location and Site dialog to specify the model's location.

• Manage tabProject Location panel (Location)
• Analyze tabEnergy Optimization panel (Location)

The model location specifies a real-world location for the purposes of simple Revit-based analyses, such as shadow studies.

Note: Defining a location using the Internet Mapping Service or the Default City List does not specify a geographic location (geolocation) for the model. To specify a geolocation, acquire coordinates from a DWG file or another Revit model, or specify a draft geolocation as part of a Forma workflow. When a geolocation is defined for the model, the Location dialog displays the information.

For Define Location by, select one of the following values:

• Default City List: Select a major city from a list, or enter a latitude and longitude.
• Internet Mapping Service: Select a location using an interactive map, or enter a street address. (Requires an Internet connection.)
• Get Geolocation from Survey Point: This option displays when you acquire geolocation data from a linked model or file, or specify a draft geolocation as part of a Forma workflow.

Default City List

Until you specify a different location, it is defined as <Default> and is set to the latitude and longitude of the major city specified for your locale. No Internet connection is required.

If you want to specify...	then...
the nearest major city	for City, select a city from the list. If the desired city is not listed, enter its latitude and longitude, or use the Internet Mapping Service.
an exact location	enter values for Latitude and Longitude. To enter a street address, use the Internet Mapping Service option.

Internet Mapping Service

Until you specify a different location, it is defined as <Default> and is set to the latitude and longitude of the major city specified for your locale.

Note: The Internet Mapping Service requires a working Internet connection in order to be fully functional. If Internet service is unavailable, you can still use this method to specify a location; however, the corresponding longitude and latitude cannot be set until your Internet connection is restored.

For Project Address, do one of the following:

• Enter an address as usual for an Internet mapping service. You may need to include the street address, city or town, state or province, and country.
• Enter latitude and longitude coordinates as <latitude>, <longitude>.

Click Search.

The search results display in the map window. If any alerts display, see Troubleshooting: Geographic Location and Project Address for guidance.

• This map pin indicates the current geographic location.

  When you move the pin, the Project Address field displays a searchable latitude/longitude value. Click Search to resolve the address and display it in the Project Address field. If multiple results are found, click one of the hyperlinked locations displayed in the location tooltip.

• This map pin indicates the weather station to use for analysis.

  By default, it shows the weather station closest to the geographic location. To change the weather station, click another pin, or select a weather station in the Weather Stations list.

• These pins indicate the 8 weather stations that are closest to the specified location.

  The same weather stations display in the Weather Stations list. Place the cursor over a pin to display a tooltip with the following weather station information: station ID, year for which the most recent weather data is available, latitude, longitude, distance from geographic location, and elevation.

Note: The selected weather station provides data used in systems analysis and energy analysis. These features are not available in Revit LT.

To adjust the map, use the following tools:

• Pan. When you place the cursor over the map, the cursor changes to a hand. Click and drag the map to pan the view.
• Zoom. Use the scroll wheel on your pointing device to zoom in and out.

Get Geolocation from Survey Point

If you acquire geolocation data from a linked model or file using Acquire Coordinates, or specify a draft geolocation as part of a Forma workflow, this option becomes available. In addition, the geolocation data displays in the dialog.

If you need to change the model's geolocation data, you can do either of the following:

• To change to a geolocation used in another linked model or file, use Acquire Coordinates again.
• To revert to the default state when the model was created, use Reset Shared Coordinates.