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Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

braulioubilla — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:39:48 GMT

I imported a shapefile from my pc to argis online, but when i open my web map (from argis online) i cant import my imported shapefile!

in my content i can see my imported shapefile, but when i go to add layer i cant find it.

tks a lot!

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:45:57 GMT

is everything in the same coordinate system?

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

braulioubilla — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:55:58 GMT

yes,

i cant see anything placed in my content with "shapefile" format,

i can see files with "shapefile features" format in other users but i cant upload files with

this format, only in "shapefile" format!

rights problems perhaps?

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:59:23 GMT

did you add it as a zip? Shapefiles—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

braulioubilla — Wed, 11 May 2016 19:17:53 GMT

yes, i upload it as a zip file because i cant add it directly to my map because it has more

than 1000 entity, so i upload as shapefield and then try to add to my webmap

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 11 May 2016 22:19:16 GMT

make sure it has a *.prj file and check the limitations and best practices section. If the file is too large, complex or contains certain types of features you may not be able to use it without further work

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

KellyGerrow — Wed, 11 May 2016 23:31:15 GMT

Hi Braulio,

Have you published your shapefile as a hosted feature service? In order to view the data from your shape file, it will need to be converted into a format that the web map can read. To do this, you can publish a hosted feature service if you have an ArcGIS Online for Organizations account. If you are using a public account, then you can add a shapefile with less than 1000 features directly to the web map. This will store the features in the web map.

-Kelly

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

braulioubilla — Thu, 12 May 2016 01:08:12 GMT

kelly, tks a lot for your explanation and sorry coz my english is not so good

i have some questions,

- you said that i cant add a shape to my web map because its is not a "feature shape" and only if you have an Organizations account you can do this, so, why you can upload a "shapefile" if you cant add it, this shapefile is useful for what?

- how did you count "1000 features", they are rows, columns in shape? dont you think its a very hard limitation?

you cant add a blocks shapes because you always exceed this limit for example! i live in a small town and i cant upload a block layer.

once again its a pity this limitations, its too hard and turn useless this wonderful product, you always excedd this limit!

tks a lot!

braulio

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

KellyGerrow — Thu, 12 May 2016 04:53:50 GMT

Hi Braulio,

Each feature is a row in the shapefile. If you exceed 1000 rows, then you will need to be able to publish a feature service, which requires an organizational account. If you don't have an organization account, you can sign up for a free 60 day trial or a developers trial account to try out this functionality. How many features are in your shapefile?

If you are uploading a shapefile and storing it as content in ArcGIS Online, you can share the shapefile for others to download and use. Although this wouldn't be used as a web layer, users could use the shapefile in other software products while using ArcGIS Online to share the content.

-Kelly

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

AdrianWelsh — Thu, 12 May 2016 05:09:06 GMT

Hi Braulio,

Is it possible for you to share your shapefile here?

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

KnudsonLp — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:06:44 GMT

Hello. I have the same issue here. I am trying to upload the shapefiles to ArcMap online through our organizational account. However, I keep getting the error "unable to import the shapefile". There is no subfolder in the zip file. Can you help me?

Re: Add a shapefile to a web map in arcgis online

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:05:20 GMT

Knudson Lp You may want to start a new question answered since this thread is older and answered. If you've tried everything suggested here already and it didn't help, you can reference this thread so others do not respond with this thread and/or repeat the same answers. In your own thread, you will be able to include more details and it would be helpful to maybe include the file, or sample for others to see. Maybe a screen shot if the files within you zip would help to. For a new question, check out https://community.esri.com/community/help-and-feedback/blog/2016/08/15/community-news-and-tips-how-to-ask-questions-and-get-answers?sr=search&searchId=c5efbf99-2f7d-4c84-b8ef-e9b2623dc572&searchIndex=1