topic Re: Coordinates in Data Management Questions

Coordinates

IvanBodnar — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:31:06 GMT

I'm new at gis. I'm using Arcgis 10.2.2 and trying to geocode some addresses. I used a geocoding service which gave the coordinates in this format:

POINT(102778.307715144 105888.168842117)

I don't know how to handle that, so I tried the Convert Coordinate Notation tool, but it throws me an error: output file already exists and it cannot be overwritten (the issue must be other since the file doesn't really exists). By the way, I tried to convert that to GCS_WGS_1984, wich is the coordinate system I always use.

Any clue? Thanks

Re: Coordinates

XanderBakker — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 16:36:19 GMT

If you use the Find locations tool, it will return the geocoding result in the coordinate system you have defined in you data frame. You may have to be more specific as to which geocoding service you are using. Some support that the result is projected to a different coordinate system.

The POINT you received is in projected coordinates. However, since you didn't specify the location nor the projection used it will be almost impossible to advice you how to project the result to WGS 1984. So, please provide some more details...

Re: Coordinates

MelitaKennedy — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:55:31 GMT

Also asked (and answered) on gis.SE.

The data is using a city of Buenos Aires coordinate reference system:

GeoCRS (datum): Campo Inchauspe

Projection: Transverse Mercator

Central Meridian: -58.4627

Latitude of Origin: -34.6297166

Scale Factor: 0.999998

False Easting: 100000.0 m

False Northing: 100000.0 m

Unit: Meter

Melita

Re: Coordinates

IvanBodnar — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:29:31 GMT

SOLVED:

I ran into this explanation: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/supportcenter/2010/10/29/haunted-by-geocoding-brew-up-something-new-with-9-3-1-locator-styles-in-10/

So I downloaded the locator styles from 9.3 and followed the instructions to add them. Then I created a 9.3 style locator, and it worked as a charm. I guess it's a 10.2.2 bug.

Thank you all

Re: Coordinates

XanderBakker — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:04:09 GMT

Glad you made it work.

Re: Coordinates

TimWitt2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:38:32 GMT

Don't forget to mark the correct answer.