Exported GeoTIFF doesn't contain projection data

RobertPrentiss — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:36 GMT

I've loaded several GEOTIFF files into ArcMap Version 9.2 and checked the resulting Data Frame Properties>Coordinate System (see below). Then I exported the resulting map using File->Export Map and selected .tif as the file type specifying "Write Geo TIFF Tags on the Format page. The resulting .tif file looks correct when viewed with an image viewing tool (like Windows Photo Viewer), but when I try to load it into ArcMap (or Global Mapper), I get "Unknown Spatial Reference" dialog box with the message: "The following data sources you added are missing spatial reference information. This data can be drawn in ArcMap, but cannot be projected:".

Why isn't the spatial reference data being exported when I run Export Map?

Coordinate System info from imported GEOTIFFs:
Lambert Conformal Conic
Projection: Lambert_Conformal_Conic
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Central_Meridian: -146.333333
Standard_Parallel_1: 62.666667
Standard_Parallel_2: 57.333333
Latitude_Of_Origin: 62.133333
Linear Unit: Meter

GCS_North_American_1983
Datum: D_North_American_1983

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Exported GeoTIFF doesn't contain projection data