topic Re: Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

RachaelChasse — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:19:39 GMT

I have saved a shape file in ArcMap. When I add this shape file to my ArcGIS Pro file the basemap disappears and my scale automatically turns into 1:1.

I can see the points, but the base map is gone. Switching Base maps does not help the problem.

If I go to the Locate tab and search for my location the base map returns and the points disappear. I have tried using a a layer package exported from ArcMap with the same results and behavior.

What is going on? I could do this before without a problem. No errors were found when exporting the layer package, and when I try to view the layer's data in Pro it shows all data in the table that opens.

Any ideas? It's a weird set of behaviors.

Re: Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

CarmelConnolly3 — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:05:25 GMT

Hi Rachel,

It sounds like it's an projection issue - does your shapefile have a .prj file? In ArcMap/Pro, open the properties of the layer to find what coordinate system it is in. It might be that it does not have one define and ArcGIS Pro just defaults to 1:1.

Re: Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

RachaelChasse — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:23:37 GMT

It seems that the problem was a problem with the original file. When I saved the excel file as CSV things worked fine. Thank you!

Re: Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

RachaelChasse — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:40:00 GMT

I think this may be related to some funky behavior that I have had using excel files within Pro lately. Fixing the projection did solve the problem for other similar files, but I had to do this within ArcCatalog and not Pro.

I am not sure how using the CSV bypassed the problem, but I'd rather deal with ArcCatalog than trying to solve the problem via excel.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Re: Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

SlavoyCzarnobor — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:34:39 GMT

Hi, I have the same problem. Uploading data in .csv is not helping and it doesn't look like a problem with coordinate system.