topic Is it possible to scale unidirectionally? in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/is-it-possible-to-scale-unidirectionally/m-p/454736#M4985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am attempting to align school floorplans with the building footprint. Unfortunately for me, the floorplans do not appear to be to scale. The Scale Geometry feature scales proportionately in all directions. I only need to do it in one. See example.</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/512931_BETC.PNG" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:35:25 GMT JohnLay 2020-11-09T19:35:25Z Is it possible to scale unidirectionally? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/is-it-possible-to-scale-unidirectionally/m-p/454736#M4985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am attempting to align school floorplans with the building footprint. Unfortunately for me, the floorplans do not appear to be to scale. The Scale Geometry feature scales proportionately in all directions. I only need to do it in one. See example.</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/512931_BETC.PNG" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:35:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/is-it-possible-to-scale-unidirectionally/m-p/454736#M4985 JohnLay 2020-11-09T19:35:25Z Re: Is it possible to scale unidirectionally? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/is-it-possible-to-scale-unidirectionally/m-p/1001564#M8213 <P>Do the floor plans have a defined projected coordinate system?</P><P>If so, you should add it to an empty map (no basemap and definitely not the image) since it will set the base coordinate system.&nbsp; Once added, then add the image.&nbsp; If it has a coordinate system, it should project on the fly to match that of the vector layer.</P><P>I suspect that the image may be in a web mercator coordinate system.</P><P>Don't assess the need to stretch the vector layer until you can ensure that both layers have a know coordinate system, that can be projected to a common coordinate system, one that minimize distortions (aka, web mercator)</P> Sun, 15 Nov 2020 03:25:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/is-it-possible-to-scale-unidirectionally/m-p/1001564#M8213 DanPatterson 2020-11-15T03:25:44Z