[GIS] Finding lat long in ArcGIS similar to as in Google Earth

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I want to know if there is some possibility to find lat long position in ArcGIS 10.0 as we can find on Google Earth. I have an assignment and doing this can save me a lot of time. I have already used the "Find" option in ArcGIS 10.0 which is limited to what I want.

In the question above use of "Google Earth" have been taken as an example only. I would like to find the lat long position in the platform of ArcGIS as I have been trying to find with "Find" tool, which did not help.

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It sounds like you are after the GoTo XY tool which is on the Tools toolbar:

You can use this tool to type in x,y coordinates and navigate to them. The coordinates you enter can be

Longitude-Latitude

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I would recommend a different strategy, that consists on using the Java library JTS Topology Suite, which is open source software.

By using the class WKTReader you can get, for example, an instance of the MultiLineString class from the WKT you have. This class has methods to get the coordinates you need.

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Due to various vagaries in the ArcGIS software, I'm going to tell you to use different coordinate reference systems. That will let you access the predefined transformations and hopefully make your life easier.

Use WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere instead. This one uses WGS 1984 for the geographic CRS (aka datum). The one you're using, WGS_1984_Web_Mercator, uses a sphere (GCS_WGS_1984_Major_Auxiliary_Sphere) and there are no predefined transformations for it.

Next, use Monte_Mario_Italy_1 which is the same, just a different name. Pick Monte_Mario_To_WGS_1984_4 for the transformation.

Or if you want to use Roma_1940_Gauss_Boaga_Ovest, you'll have to define a custom transformation that's a copy of Monte_Mario_To_WGS_1984_4.

FROM roma 1940 TO wgs84
Method: Position Vector
X axis translation: -104.1
Y axis translation: -49.1
Z axis translation: -9.9
X axis rotation: 0.971
Y axis rotation: -2.917
Z axis rotation: 0.714
scale difference: -11.68

If you define a custom transformation in ArcMap, you may have to define it FROM wgs84 TO roma 1940. If so, change the signs on all parameters.

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