topic Re: Georeference a Shapefile? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460567#M26301 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This may not work with the topo file.&nbsp; When I did the first step (adding in the X direction) my topo is now only showing a line centered around Africa and the United States does not appear.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:04:04 GMT LisaD 2012-08-13T17:04:04Z Georeference a Shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460565#M26299 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A coworker gave me 2 shapefiles which he had exported from Surpac.&nbsp; The shapefiles are not in a real world coordinate system but he would like me to create a map of boreholes in reference to a contour map from Surpac.&nbsp; If I do that the map still won't be georeferenced and the map won't be very useful.&nbsp; I have the USA topo from ESRI and wondered if I could somehow match the topo (just lines) exported from Surpac with the topo from ESRI so I could give the points real world coordinates?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:49:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460565#M26299 LisaD 2012-08-13T15:49:25Z Re: Georeference a Shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460566#M26300 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'd suggest you look into this </SPAN><A href="http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/32939">KB article</A><SPAN> to create a custom projection file for your data, (this process will work for any data, not just CAD as the title implies).&nbsp; Use the topo map as a reference to line up your shapefile data.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:16:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460566#M26300 JonathanQuinn 2012-08-13T16:16:49Z Re: Georeference a Shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460567#M26301 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This may not work with the topo file.&nbsp; When I did the first step (adding in the X direction) my topo is now only showing a line centered around Africa and the United States does not appear.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:04:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/georeference-a-shapefile/m-p/460567#M26301 LisaD 2012-08-13T17:04:04Z