topic XY coordinate question/help....please!!! in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133272#M1809 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to add a spread sheet to my map with xy coordinates.&nbsp; I have 195 points I want to plot of polling sites in a county.&nbsp; In the spread sheet I have the ID column (polling site), the X and Y columns.&nbsp; When I go to add data it tells me I do not have an object ID.&nbsp; I can get the points to map but can only see them if I "zoom to layer".&nbsp; At that point I can't see any of the other layers that should be visible.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After reading a few threads it looks like I can either attach this to my precinct layer/shape file....or add it seperately.&nbsp; However, I haven't been able to make either work. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can anyone help me?&nbsp; Please &amp; thank you.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:48:52 GMT ELTerrell 2014-02-17T12:48:52Z XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133272#M1809 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to add a spread sheet to my map with xy coordinates.&nbsp; I have 195 points I want to plot of polling sites in a county.&nbsp; In the spread sheet I have the ID column (polling site), the X and Y columns.&nbsp; When I go to add data it tells me I do not have an object ID.&nbsp; I can get the points to map but can only see them if I "zoom to layer".&nbsp; At that point I can't see any of the other layers that should be visible.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After reading a few threads it looks like I can either attach this to my precinct layer/shape file....or add it seperately.&nbsp; However, I haven't been able to make either work. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can anyone help me?&nbsp; Please &amp; thank you.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:48:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133272#M1809 ELTerrell 2014-02-17T12:48:52Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133273#M1810 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You need to make sure that when you add your XY data to choose the same coordinate system as your other layers.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:15:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133273#M1810 TimWitt 2014-02-17T13:15:51Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133274#M1811 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you.&nbsp; So how do&nbsp; I make sure the coordinate system is the same?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:22:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133274#M1811 ELTerrell 2014-02-17T13:22:35Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133275#M1812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Right click one of your other layers and choose properties. There go to the Source tab and scroll down to Coordinate system.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:30:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133275#M1812 TimWitt 2014-02-17T13:30:06Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133276#M1813 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Ok....they were all the same: GCS_North_American_1983.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What else should I check?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:45:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133276#M1813 ELTerrell 2014-02-17T13:45:02Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133277#M1814 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is this the coordinate system you chose when adding your XY data?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If not use the WGS84 system, that usually works. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Geographic Coordinate Systems -&gt; World and there choose WGS 1984</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:52:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133277#M1814 TimWitt 2014-02-17T13:52:39Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133278#M1815 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, that's the one I chose (actually it populated automatically).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I don't see WGS84 anywhere.&nbsp; Where should I be looking for that?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:58:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133278#M1815 ELTerrell 2014-02-17T13:58:56Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133279#M1816 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Geographic Coordinate Systems -&gt; World and there choose WGS 1984</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:03:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133279#M1816 TimWitt 2014-02-17T14:03:48Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133280#M1817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Boom!!! That worked!&nbsp; Thanks so much for your help!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:07:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133280#M1817 ELTerrell 2014-02-17T15:07:32Z Re: XY coordinate question/help....please!!! https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133281#M1818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>No problem, don't forget to mark the answer by hitting the grey checkmark next to it <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:41:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/xy-coordinate-question-help-please/m-p/133281#M1818 TimWitt 2014-02-17T15:41:31Z