https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178639#M55647 <P>Erik - there is "BUG-000101854 -&nbsp;<SPAN>The export-to-prj-string function does not produce an exact copy of the projection definition in the output PRJ associated with a shapefile" from Support Services.&nbsp; From what I'm reading it does not appear (as of 2017) that this will be addressed in the software.&nbsp; I searched ArcGIS Ideas and did not see an existing idea posted.&nbsp; I would recommend creating an ArcGIS Idea on this item so it gets traction with the ArcGIS Pro team.</SPAN></P> Tue, 31 May 2022 16:03:23 GMT Robert_LeClair 2022-05-31T16:03:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178527#M55642 <P>I am trying to figure out if there is an option to automatically add the AUTHORITY attribute (<SPAN>AUTHORITY["EPSG","25833"]) to the PRJ file when exporting. Apparently there is an option for this in GlobalMapper, but I don't seem to be able to find it in ArcGIS Pro.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The reason for wanting this is interoperability with Agisoft Metashape. The current workaround is deleting the PRJ or adding the AUTHORITY tag manually, both of which are bad practice Imo.</SPAN></P> Tue, 31 May 2022 12:53:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178527#M55642 ErikKjellman 2022-05-31T12:53:26Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178639#M55647 <P>Erik - there is "BUG-000101854 -&nbsp;<SPAN>The export-to-prj-string function does not produce an exact copy of the projection definition in the output PRJ associated with a shapefile" from Support Services.&nbsp; From what I'm reading it does not appear (as of 2017) that this will be addressed in the software.&nbsp; I searched ArcGIS Ideas and did not see an existing idea posted.&nbsp; I would recommend creating an ArcGIS Idea on this item so it gets traction with the ArcGIS Pro team.</SPAN></P> Tue, 31 May 2022 16:03:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178639#M55647 Robert_LeClair 2022-05-31T16:03:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178645#M55650 <P>Thanks a lot, I'll do that!</P> Tue, 31 May 2022 16:29:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-shapefile-with-prj-with-authority/m-p/1178645#M55650 ErikKjellman 2022-05-31T16:29:47Z