File exports as default WGS 84 rather than map's datum NAD 83

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John Rose

• December 14, 2025 21:06

Just started having this problem. I no longer have a choice to set the datum when exporting shapefiles. The georeferenced PDF that I'm using in Avenza is NAD 83. In Settings, I have "Use map coordinate system" selected. However, Avenza exports the data in WGS 84 regardless if it's a shapefile or a .gpkg. Is there a way to fix this? The agency and partners who I work with all use NAD 83.

The old system worked great where I could select the preferred coordinate system when exporting a shapefile.

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  Juan

  • December 15, 2025 18:40

  Hi John,

  We’re sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues with the app. Our QA and Developers teams are aware of the missing “Map Default” export option for coordinates in the Avenza Maps 5.5 interface and are actively working on a fix for an upcoming release. While there is currently no workaround, please rest assured that this issue will be resolved soon.

  If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us via the following link:

   https://support.avenzamaps.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

  Thank you!

  Juan

  Support Specialist, Avenza Systems Inc.

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  Greg Hall

  • April 03, 2026 23:38

  Juan,

  We Citizen Scientists need to be able to export our placemarks (observations of threatened species) as Easting/Northing, to have them recognised by the official state platforms, and thus protected.

  At present, our exports only have Lat/Long (even in the Easting/Northing fields!), regardless of the settings that we choose.

  Sure, we can (& do) take the .csv or .kml up into QGIS and wrangle it, but those extra steps eludes many folks.

  Maybe we're missing something, but we really have tried...

  Greg

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