# Cant Edit Reconstruction Pole Adjustment

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/cant-edit-reconstruction-pole-adjustment/1235
**Category:** Q&A
**Created:** [3 June 2025 06:28 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/cant-edit-reconstruction-pole-adjustment/1235 "2025-06-03T06:28:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ling](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@ling](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/ling)
#### Post date: [3 June 2025 06:28 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/cant-edit-reconstruction-pole-adjustment/1235/1 "2025-06-03T06:28:41Z")

</div>

Hello! I’m just starting to learn gplates and I want to do a reconstruction model from scratch. When I tried to do reconstruction pole adjustment, it doesn’t let me edit the information like the latitude, longitude, time, and angle. I could only move and rotate the feature but not apply the changes. Thank you very much for your help.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/john.cannon)
#### Post date: [4 June 2025 03:30 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/cant-edit-reconstruction-pole-adjustment/1235/2 "2025-06-04T03:30:07Z")

</div>

Hi ling,

> [@ling](#):
>
> it doesn’t let me edit the information like the latitude, longitude, time, and angle

That’s right. The adjustment needs to be done interactively (ie, dragging on the globe/map).

> [@ling](#):
>
> I could only move and rotate the feature but not apply the changes

If you’re having trouble applying your rotation adjustment then perhaps have a look at [GPlates tutorial](https://tutorials.gplates.org/) _2.2 - Changing Rotations, Equivalent Finite Rotations, and Cross-Overs_