topic Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source in Data Management Questions

Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

hanakohinonn — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:43:49 GMT

Hi, Now I have a polygon layer, and I want to convert it to raster.

So, I tried to polygon to raster, however, the error came up with.

ERORR:999999

Spatial reference does not exist in the data source.

I have no ideal to solve this problem, please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

DanPatterson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:39:20 GMT

You need to define its coordinate system first

Define Projection (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

If you don't know what to define it as,

then don't guess, .... should be, could be, might be...

aren't good options, a misdefined coordinate system will only make a situation worse.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

hanakohinonn — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:09:27 GMT

Hi, Dan. Thank you for your replying!

Following your advice, I tried define projection. And I got new error.

EROOR:999999

Table name is not correct.

Table is not found.

How do you think why I cannot complete [define projection] and [polygon to raster]?

Any ideal would be help me.

Thank you.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

DanPatterson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:38:29 GMT

something is wrong with the file.

Can you add it all by itself to a map and view it? (no basemap, no other data)

Can you open the table?

What are the extents of the file (left, right, top bottom)? check under the layer properties.

What Is the coordinate system supposed to be in light of the extent? Does it look like decimal degree data? or does it look like it is projected?

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

SteveLynch — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:13:22 GMT

also try running CheckGeometry

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

hanakohinonn — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:28:18 GMT

Hi, Steve. Thank you for your replying!

I tried CheckGeometry, but I failed to it.

I don’t know what is the reason.

If you have any idea, please teach me.

Thank you.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

SteveLynch — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:43:41 GMT

Your polygon layer, is it from a shapefile or a file geodatabase?
Right click the layer to see the properties.
Provide a screenshot showing the map and could you share the data.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

SteveLynch — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:02:33 GMT

can you use CopyFeatures and copy it into the default file geodatabase and then try using the copied feature class.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

hanakohinonn — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:46:52 GMT

Thank you for your advice!

I tried Copy Features ,but it also failed.

I have no idea why my shapefile cause a lot of error. Are there any solutions?

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

DanPatterson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:51:17 GMT

What was the actual error?

Did you get the shapefile from somewhere? or did you produce it?

Did you get any errors when loading the shapefile into a blank map?

If Repair Geometry and Copy Features doesn't fix the geometry problems there is little else you can do.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

hanakohinonn — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:13:02 GMT

Hi,Dan

Thank you for your message!

I create the shapefile ,and I had no problem when I load the shapefile.

I Succeed in Repair geometry, but failed Copy Features. I got the message below.

ERROR:000210

Unable to produce output. The data may be locked, the path may be incorrect, or access may be restricted.

Then I checked my data folder, and found the "lock file". (please look at the picture.)

However, I don't know this is the cause because there is another shp file.

Thank you.

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

DanPatterson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:26:23 GMT

Are you working on your local C: drive?

If Repair Geometry worked, just use Copy Features and specify a different geodatabase to save it in.

Reusing the same stuff isn't going to help, so change the name and location for the copy features to make sure that you have permissions to save the file. Create a new geodatabase perhaps and specify a simple output file name (eg. c:\Temp\temp.gdb\X )

Re: Spatial reference does not exist in the data source

BWang — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 04:41:05 GMT

Hi Hanako，

Can you try another way to copy the data to a new shapefile? For example, Exporting the data to another shapefile. You can follow the document below.

Exporting features

https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/working-with-layers/exporting-features.htm