Create Space Time Cube

Question

I have the ArcGIS Pro 2.2.1 with all the features installed. I am trying to create space-time cube using the tool, however, when I try to run it, I get this error: Error 001022: This tool requires a projected coordinate system.

I have defined both "Current XY" and "Current Z" coordinate of the map (Utah; as can be seen attached) to GCS North American 1983 and NAD 1983 respectively, so I have no idea why I get this error again and again. Do you have any idea?

Moreover, I have also used the "Project" tool to project the Layer (Utah_Zipcode_Time) that I want to use in the "Create Space Time Cube" tool. This is a shapefile with a time-based variable, count of incidence, and many other variables in it.

NasserSharareh1 · Answer

Thank you all. I finally understood what you were pointing at.

I was trying to project the map, not the layer.

Now, I projected the layer using a PCS appropriate for Utah and things work.

Tim Ormsby · Answer

Nasser, the important dataset to project is the one you need to analyze: the Utah_Zipcode_Time data. The maps and basemaps don't matter, as Dan said. What projection is Utah_Zipcode_Time in? It needs to have both a GCS (datum), such as NAD 1983, and ALSO a PCS, or projected coordinate system. For your area of interest, the PCS might be UTM Zone 12N ,or one of the Utah State Plane projections, or maybe even a continental US projection like USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area.

When you select a PCS for the Output Coordinate System in the Project tool, you will automatically be including a GCS along with it. The GCS will most likely be NAD 1983. The main thing for you to figure out is which PCS to use. If you don't have a better idea, or a given standard, try UTM Zone 12N.

The documentation on coordinate systems in ArcMap, starting at What are map projections? may be more helpful than the ArcGIS Pro documentation.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

As I indicated in your other thread

https://community.esri.com/thread/219654-create-space-time-cube-tool-not-working

the data coordinate range is that of a Geographic Coordinate system … aka decimal degrees.

the Project Tool needs to be used to project the data.

Your middle two images show that they are in decimal degrees.

Also NAD83 is a datum, not a coordinate system.

Project your data to a featureclass into a geodatabase and proceed from there, keep all other basemaps out of the process