Importing a shapefile won't work?

StijnCottenie — Fri, 03 May 2019 14:34:51 GMT

When I try uploading this shapefile into ArcMap or ArcGIS online it won't work...

Can anyone help? Thanks

Re: Importing a shapefile won't work?

Anonymous User — Fri, 03 May 2019 15:22:07 GMT

Hi Stijn,

A shapefile is actually 4-5 component files that ArcMap and ArcGIS Online read as one file. So we are missing a few files to make up a readable shapefile. In addition to the bel_gem1910.shp file, we also need at least a bel_gem1910.shx, bel_gem1910.prj, and bel_gem1910.dbf files.

If you'd like to read more about how this works in ArcMap here's some of the documentation -

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/shapefiles/shapefile-file-extensions.htm

For ArcGIS Online - https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/shapefiles.htm

Is it possible to go back to whoever provided the .shp and see if you can get the other files?

Best,

Lauren

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