Drawing lines using latitude and longitude co-ords

[Anonymous]

Hi All, 

I am trying to drawing a pline using a series of lat/long co-ords. I have changed the co-ord system to "Australian Geodetic datum 1984, Lat-Long, AGD84 Grid files" (not sure which one to use, I am in North QLD) and tried to use the "Create line by Latitude/Longitude", however when I type in the first couple of co-ords it drawings a line 0.000 long and 0.001 away from 0,0.

Any suggestion on  how to make it work or fix any of my glaring omissions would be gratefully received.

Cheers

[Pointdump]

Damon,

Not sure whether it's your choice of Coordinate System or what, but here's what I did. In Ambient Settings I selected "Decimal" for Lats and Longs. I assigned AMG-54-Grid as the Coordinate System. Using the PLine Command and the Transparent Command 'LL I drew a PLine here:

From:
Julia Creek, QLD
20.6562° S, 141.7442° E
To:
Kynuna, QLD
21.5783° S, 141.9222° E

 

Dave