topic Re: uploading downloaded shapefile into ArcMap from soil survey website in ArcGIS Mapping and Charting Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395156#M1334 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use the Add Data button, navigate to the folder and see if the shapefile is there.&nbsp; What you have highlighted might not be a shapefile but something else, since the full file name isn't visible in your image</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:40:17 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2018-01-18T15:40:17Z uploading downloaded shapefile into ArcMap from soil survey website https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395155#M1333 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="/legacyfs/online/393190_soil download-help.PNG" style="width: 620px; height: 153px;" />hey all, i have recently downloaded an AOI shapefile from the&nbsp;&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm" title="https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm">Web Soil Survey - Home</A>&nbsp; . I have tried dragging and dropping the above shapefile into ArcMap but ArcMap did not take it. I do have the right projection (WGS-84). Just wondering what am i missing. Thanks.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:23:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395155#M1333 GeorgeJones 2018-01-18T15:23:08Z Re: uploading downloaded shapefile into ArcMap from soil survey website https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395156#M1334 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use the Add Data button, navigate to the folder and see if the shapefile is there.&nbsp; What you have highlighted might not be a shapefile but something else, since the full file name isn't visible in your image</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:40:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395156#M1334 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-01-18T15:40:17Z Re: uploading downloaded shapefile into ArcMap from soil survey website https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395157#M1335 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I agree with Dan, George. Your clip looks like a Windows Explorer folder . . .drag from ArcCatalog or Add Data.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:51:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395157#M1335 JosephCarter 2018-01-18T15:51:00Z Re: uploading downloaded shapefile into ArcMap from soil survey website https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395158#M1336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You don't add a shapefile from Windows Explorer.</P><P>Open ArcMap &gt; <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/working-with-arcmap/using-folder-connections.htm">Connect to folder</A> (if not yet done) &gt; Add Data &gt; Navigate to the shapefile and add it to ArcMap.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/393215_pastedImage_1.png" style="width: 460px; height: 173px;" /></P><P><EM>Fig 1: Add Data option</EM></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:32:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/uploading-downloaded-shapefile-into-arcmap-from/m-p/395158#M1336 JayantaPoddar 2018-01-18T16:32:49Z