topic shapefile coordinations in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273419#M15732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P>I Am a new user of arc GIS. i added some shape-files to a topographic map but they are not in the right place, do i need to define coordinate system o move the files to the right place? and do i need to save it as a project for future use? can anyone help me about it?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:44:43 GMT ParisaSalimikhatibi 2016-12-27T20:44:43Z shapefile coordinations https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273419#M15732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P>I Am a new user of arc GIS. i added some shape-files to a topographic map but they are not in the right place, do i need to define coordinate system o move the files to the right place? and do i need to save it as a project for future use? can anyone help me about it?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:44:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273419#M15732 ParisaSalimikhatibi 2016-12-27T20:44:43Z Re: shapefile coordinations https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273420#M15733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes to both... use the Define projection tool, assuming you know what the coordinate system of the files are in.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/define-projection.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/define-projection.htm">Define Projection—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>If you don't, then it becomes a guessing game as to the match... but examining the coordinates in a new data frame might give you an idea whether if is projected or not already.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:27:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273420#M15733 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-12-27T21:27:32Z Re: shapefile coordinations https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273421#M15734 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thank you for your answer,</P><P>i defined projection system wgs84 for the files in arc catalog environment, then i wanted to re project coordinate system for the shp files to utm10n (san jose-ca) but the output gives me error 9999 and no matter what i try to fix it, it doesnot work.</P><P>i really appreciate your help</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:53:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273421#M15734 ParisaSalimikhatibi 2016-12-27T22:53:19Z Re: shapefile coordinations https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273422#M15735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Could you attach a screenshot of the layer's XY extent (Layer Properties &gt; Source) before projecting to UTM10 (unprojected layer)?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Dec 2016 06:10:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-coordinations/m-p/273422#M15735 JayantaPoddar 2016-12-28T06:10:16Z