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change the coordinate system of a shapefile .Gdb quickly

MathieuBerube — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:48:58 GMT

Hello,

I have receive a .gdb with 38 files inside, but I want to change the coordinate system of each shapefile. Is there a way to do it quickly or I need to change one at a time?

Thank's

Re: change the coordinate system of a shapefile .Gdb quickly

VinceAngelo — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:02:29 GMT

Shapefiles and file geodatabase (.gdb) are two distinct formats for geospatial data storage.
Shapefiles are standalone entities, while file geodatabase is only the container in which
tables (aka "feature classes") live.

The meaning of "change the coordinate system" can differ greatly -- what, exactly, do
you need to do? [From what, to what?]

Odds are, you'll need to process each table sequentially, probably into a new FGDB.

- V

Re: change the coordinate system of a shapefile .Gdb quickly

JakeSkinner — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:29:21 GMT

Hello,

I have receive a .gdb with 38 files inside, but I want to change the coordinate system of each shapefile. Is there a way to do it quickly or I need to change one at a time?

Thank's

You will most likely want to run the Project geoprocessing tool. With geoprocessing tools, you can run them in batch by right-clicking on the tool > Batch. Here is some more information:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00210000000w000000

Re: change the coordinate system of a shapefile .Gdb quickly

MathieuBerube — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:01:05 GMT

my the shapefile in my .gdb is in UTM 19 and I want to get all the shapefile in MTM 6.

Re: change the coordinate system of a shapefile .Gdb quickly

MathieuBerube — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:15:59 GMT

Thank's JSkinn3,

I try and it's work. 🙂