How to make shapefile fit in geographic coordinate system?

How to make shapefile fit in geographic coordinate system?

Essentially, your all the features of your shapefile are now fitting in a distance of 360 feet horizontally and 90 feet vertically. The proper procedure, to be performed on the original shapefile in the geographic coordinate system, is to use the Project Tool.

Why does Google Maps not match geolocation coordinates?

Cad has indeed forced that ‘clicked spot’ to correspond to the lat/long of your pin, but it won’t necessarily force your clicked spot to correspond to UTM meters shown in the Google image (it forced the x-meters and y-meters to your clicked spot, not the true easting/northing). Instinct tells us it should match, but it doesn’t.

Where do I find the coordinate system for a data frame?

Go to View > Data Frame Properties > Coordinate System tab, and verify that a Current Coordinate System is set for the Data Frame. Note: The coordinate system of the Data Frame is adopted from the first data added to the new Data Frame.

How to export a coordinate system in ArcGIS?

On Coordinate System of Input Coordinates field, select current CRS from data. Here the CRS is defined. One can export the layer to a shapefile by right clicking in the layer and then, Data –> Export Data. Or continue (from item 3.2) to reproject:

How to re-project layers with same coordinate system?

Although you have set the projection of your 3 other layers by the properties menu in ArcCatalog, you have failed to re-project the data to the proper coordinate system. Please try the Project tool, located in Data Management Tools → Projections and Transformations → Feature.

Why does ArcGIS not use the same coordinate system?

This could be due to recognizing that the coordinates of the features were not appropriate for the currently defined projection, or some other clue. This operation simply overwrites the existing projection with a different one that you specify.

How big is a GeoTIFF grid in arc?

Earlier in this article we mentioned that even though the one-third second of arc resolution of the Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF products would result in a 10800-by-10800 raster grid for a one-degree tile, the actual resolution was 10812-by-10812.

How to create a shapefile with units in feet?

This gives you a shapefile with units in feet. The features in the shapefile did not have their internal coordinates converted, however, so they are still in the range of X = -180 to +180 and Y = 0 to 90.

Can you overlay ArcGIS on any other layers?

It should also overlay correctly on any other layers, provided they have a projection defined and that your Data Frame in ArcMap has a projection defined. Although you have set the projection of your 3 other layers by the properties menu in ArcCatalog, you have failed to re-project the data to the proper coordinate system.

How is the coordinate system set in ArcMap?

Coordinate System tab. The Data Frame’s coordinates will be set by the first layer that you open. The various possibilities are displayed in tabular form in a Quick Reference Table. If all layers have defined projections/coordinates, then they should all overlay properly.

Why do layers with the same coordinate system not overlap?

My hypothesis is that your 30 m shift is due to datum difference but that your original shapefiles are correctly georeferenced (each in a different projection system). If selecting a transformation does not improve your accuracy, then I would add a third layer (e.g. a basemap) and try to find out which one is wrong.

How to assign CRS to a displacement shapefile?

If you want to assign a CRS to a displaced shapefile layer different to the current (false) one, do not Save As . This will reproject the data, but keep the displacement. You should better use Vector -> Data Management Tools -> Define Current Projection.

How to project a shapefile in ArcGIS Desktop?

Essentially, your all the features of your shapefile are now fitting in a distance of 360 feet horizontally and 90 feet vertically. The proper procedure, to be performed on the original shapefile in the geographic coordinate system, is to use the Project Tool. For the Projection, choose State Plane, NAD 1983 California Zone 6 Feet.

What to do when data does not line up in ArcMap?

Right-click the name of the layer in the Table of Contents, select Properties > Source tab, and examine the contents of the Data Source box for the coordinate system definition. If there is no coordinate system defined, review the metadata in ArcCatalog, or additional documentation that may have been delivered with the data.