Shapefile symbology will not show up on sid image.

Question

I'm working on an accessibility project for parking lots, and since we do not have a shapefile with individual spaces drawn I chose to use a .sid image. Both the .sid image and shapefile have the same coordinate system, but I cannot get the x,y data for the shapefile I created to show up on top of the image. Any advice would be much appreciated.

NoahHull · Answer

That was my mistake, putting latitude and longitude in the wrong spot under x/y selection. Thanks so much for your help, you're a scholar and a gentleman.

Have a good one,

Noah

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

If the coordinates were indeed in lat/long, make sure that X is Longitude and Y is latitude ( a common mistake, but obvious since you will end up in a strange space) and you need to use the Define Projection first.  Once defined (GCS WGS84 is fine especially if from gps data), you can then use the Project tools

NoahHull · Answer

When selecting the points layer the image disappeared, and vice versa. I did use the project tool, but believe I may have designated the coordinate system wrongly before projecting it to that of the .sid image. The points x,y data was originally in lat/long and I defined it as a Geographic coordinate system>world>WGS 1984 (I believe this is where my error occured). Then I tried to project to state plane for east alabama (NAD_1983_StatePlane_Alabama_East_FIDS_0101_Feet), which is the same as the .sid image.