https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/converting-kml-to-a-feature-layer-doesn-t-keep-the/m-p/1130614#M49563 <P>Hi, I'm new to GIS software in general. I survey plants and have a bunch of points mapped in Google Earth Pro that are all organized in nesting folders - What year, what month, and finally what species. Each point has it's own description as well.&nbsp;</P><P>If I add the KML file to my ArcGIS project it looks fine and normal - all the folders are there as nodes, and nested correctly.</P><P>But I want to convert them to a feature layer so I can add temporal data - when I use the "KML to Layer" tool, it simply puts all the data into "Points" or "Polygons."&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I think I figured out a slow way to re-organize them correctly - selecting points by their attributes in the table and moving each group to its own layer, then grouping the layers...but is there a faster way? Is there any way to keep all of that organizational information when I convert it?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:18:11 GMT Ensmith8 2022-01-04T22:18:11Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/converting-kml-to-a-feature-layer-doesn-t-keep-the/m-p/1130614#M49563 <P>Hi, I'm new to GIS software in general. I survey plants and have a bunch of points mapped in Google Earth Pro that are all organized in nesting folders - What year, what month, and finally what species. Each point has it's own description as well.&nbsp;</P><P>If I add the KML file to my ArcGIS project it looks fine and normal - all the folders are there as nodes, and nested correctly.</P><P>But I want to convert them to a feature layer so I can add temporal data - when I use the "KML to Layer" tool, it simply puts all the data into "Points" or "Polygons."&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I think I figured out a slow way to re-organize them correctly - selecting points by their attributes in the table and moving each group to its own layer, then grouping the layers...but is there a faster way? Is there any way to keep all of that organizational information when I convert it?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:18:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/converting-kml-to-a-feature-layer-doesn-t-keep-the/m-p/1130614#M49563 Ensmith8 2022-01-04T22:18:11Z