topic Re: two shapefiles won't show on map at the same time in ArcGIS Mapping and Charting Questions

two shapefiles won't show on map at the same time

RickCheney — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:23:23 GMT

I have two shapefiles, polygons, representing adjacent areas on a map, if I Zoom to Layer on either layer, that layer will show on the map but the other layer will not.

Both shapefile have:

Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N

Projection: Transverse_Mercator

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983

Datum: D_North_American_1983

I may have "projected" one of the shapefiles and may have projected it incorrectly. Does anybody have any idea what is wrong here? Or how I can fix it?

Re: two shapefiles won't show on map at the same time

AbdullahAnter — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:56:20 GMT

Check the layers position using correct base map.

Make sure that layers are it the top in TOC.

Re: two shapefiles won't show on map at the same time

RickCheney — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:03:09 GMT

Thanks Abdullah, I checked the things you mentioned and they were ok. I think one or both of the files were corrupted. Fortunately I was able to replace the files and the new files displayed fine.

Re: two shapefiles won't show on map at the same time

AbdullahAnter — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:31:50 GMT

So my answer not the solution.

Could you mark your answer is correct for this question if you are sure the files were corrupted ?

or let your question open by remove the mark correct answer to get more helpful answers.