Using COGO in ArcGIS Pro - May 2021

The May 2021 ArcGIS Pro Workshop explored how Coordinate Geometry (COGO) is implemented in ArcGIS Pro and we shared some tips and tricks on how to best use COGO for building parcels. Use the links below to find a specific topic.

00:00 - Intro
01:25 - ArcMap COGO attributes
04:15 - ArcMap COGO versus ArcGIS COGO
13:30 - Setting the COGO Units
18:00 - Labelling the COGO Fields
18:43 - Using Arcade to Label
22:30 - Cleaning up the Distance label expression
24:30 - Setting up the Start Edit Button
26:30 - Using the Traverse Tool
38:30 - Tracing a Traverse
43:10 - Dividing a Line
45:30 - Closing a Traverse (No Adjustments)
47:30 - Curves in the Traverse Tool
48:15 - Help for the Traverse shortcuts and overrides
57:30 - Changing a Line to a Curve
59:45 - Ground to Grid corrections

[amirbarmaor]

Good job as always Frank. The linear units are stored in the Projection linear units (e.g. feet, US feet, meters). For geographic coordinate systems, it is stored in meters.
We improved the label expression for 2.9 so you will not see the space when only displaying distances.

[lesleyroger]

Thank you so much this has been extremely helpful!!

[chyang]

Great work! Could I know if you provided the tutorial datasets? Thanks!

[deva]

do you have any sample pdf for traverse tool