Snap to a grid for editing

LucieBoucher — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:12:48 GMT

Hi,

I have a line feature I'm trying to edit in ArcMap. The shapefile projection is in global coordinates (latitudes/longitudes). I want to modify a part of the line located between two specific latitudes. To do that, I tried to display a longitude/latitude grid to which I would snap, but it only appears in the Layout View, not in the Data View. Therefore I don't think I can use it (or can I?).

Is there anyway for me to generate, in the Data View, the two lines representing the parallels i need? I though about drawing a perpendicular line using the XY tools, but this line would not be projected...

Thanks in advance for your help!

Re: Snap to a grid for editing

MelissaHall — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:37:02 GMT

I think the tool you are looking for is the fishnet tool, it will create a gird you can snap to, but it will make the whole grid. http://mappingcenter.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=ask.answers&q=223 Another approach would be to use the find tool to get your start point and then use the distance and direction to create the line like this http://mappingcenter.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=ask.answers&q=1069

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Snap to a grid for editing

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