Geolocation fields grey out in the Survey Point

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

Hello Everyone,

Does anyone know how can I enter a latitude and longitude (decimal degrees) in the the survey point in Revit?

Why is it grey out? I am hoping to  use the coordinates from google maps and enter the latitude and longitude, so we have the geolocation of the site ( not just for shadows studies  per manage tab-location).

Thank you!

[barthbradley]

Acquire Coordinates from a Georeferenced Survey.  

Alternatively, set your Location via the Location and Site dialog box under Manage Tab. 

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

I am afraid I don't have a georeferenced survey. Do you know if there is a way of entering the latitude and longitude? Thanks for you time!

[barthbradley]

Manage Tab=>Location

Set Default City

[ToanDN]

If you have the exact address, you can enter it and Search via Internet Mapping Service, then you can have a more precise Lat/Long (switch to Default City List to see it).

[barthbradley]

Shadow at same time; different channel 😉

[barthbradley]

BTW: to access to that Sun Settings dialog box I'm showing above, press the Sun icon on the View Control Bar.  

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

Thank you barthbradley! I am familiar with the process you mentioned Manage=>Location. However that doesn't seem to have any impact  in the N/S or E/W fields in the survey. ( That would make the most sense to me to if they could relate, but they don't) . The main challenger here is how to enter my  latitude and longitude in the fields under 'Geolocation' Lat' and 'Lon' are greyed out.

[barthbradley]

You can't. That is populated when you Acquire GIS Coordinates from a Linked Survey.  You said you didn't have one.   

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

Nope. I don 't have a georeferenced survey. I only have  the latitude and longitude which I got from google maps.

Can I do anything with  that to enter on the survey point fields?  Could I translate  decimals degrees( google maps ) to feet and inches( since they are not same units, that would not work, right?)

[barthbradley]

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@dpatriotaW9CR9 wrote:

Nope. I don 't have a georeferenced survey. I only have  the latitude and longitude which I got from google maps.

Can I do anything with  that to enter on the survey point fields?  Could I translate  decimals degrees( google maps ) to feet and inches( since they are not same units, that would not work, right?)

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No. Why is this so important to you?  You stated originally that this was related to doing Shadow Studies.  The Origin of the Survey Coordinate System has no bearing on this.   

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

I am looking to get an easy identifiable geolocation( from google maps) to place a revit project in to a real world location using the survey point. ( My statement in the beginning was not to use as mere shadows study).

[barthbradley]

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@dpatriotaW9CR9 wrote:

 My statement in the beginning was not to use as mere shadows study.

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Oops. My bad.  

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

No Problem, Thank you for your commitment to this tread!

[barthbradley]

You can still convert Lat/Long to UTM.  

Good luck.  

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Do you have AutoCAD?  You can create a DWG with the Geolocation and acquire its coordinates in Revit.

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

okay, That is a good idea. I will try! Thank you!

[dpatriotaW9CR9]

Hey ToanDN.. that worked very nicely to what I was hoping!
Thank you very much for the suggestion!
What is your choice and reason picking the GIS coordinate system in this overwhelming list they offer?

[barthbradley]

If you are going to go that route, Specify Coordinates Before Linking Site Data

Specify Coordinates Before Linking Site Data | Revit 2019 | Autodesk Knowledge Network

...unclip Survey Point.  

[ToanDN]

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@dpatriotaW9CR9 wrote:

Hey ToanDN.. that worked very nicely to what I was hoping!
Thank you very much for the suggestion!
What is your choice and reason picking the GIS coordinate system in this overwhelming list they offer?

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I would use an UTM (feet or meter depends on your country).

https://www.maptools.com/selecting_a_coordinate_system