ArcGIS sketch to Lat Long

Posted on | by Ben

I’m sure there’s a better way to convert a sketch layer into coordinates, but this worked for me.

Use Geoprocessing tool: Layer to KML

Then use KML to Layer to import it back in with the coordinate system the map is in.

Open the features table, calculate:

New field: Lon

Lon = shapeToY(!Shape!)

Code Block:

def function(shape):
   point=shape.getPart(0)
   return point.Y

Repeat for the calculation for x