topic Re: How to put my own data on a county map? in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/how-to-put-my-own-data-on-a-county-map/m-p/533858#M5777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>OK.&nbsp; I figured it out.&nbsp; When I was stuck, I was trying to put my data on an Esri base map.&nbsp; A base map is like an image, which can't have data added.&nbsp; So, what I did instead was a download a shapefile (and all other supporting files that come with it) of NC counties.&nbsp; Then I added that map by "Add Data" and then added my own data to that map.&nbsp; I hope this helped someone.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:17:39 GMT AprilWinchester 2011-12-01T17:17:39Z How to put my own data on a county map? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/how-to-put-my-own-data-on-a-county-map/m-p/533857#M5776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm new to this forum and to Arc GIS.&nbsp; I have a free trial version of ArcMap10 and ArcCatolog10.&nbsp; I'm trying to creat a county map with my own data.&nbsp; For example, in Pennsylvania, I have something like this in Excel</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>County Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Numbers to Map</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Philadelphia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Montgomery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Chester&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So on and so forth.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried to add my data to the county map template that comes with ArcMap but I couldn't edit the map.&nbsp; Then I downloaded a shapefile here </SPAN><A href="http://www.esri.com/data/download/census2000-tigerline/index.html">http://www.esri.com/data/download/census2000-tigerline/index.html</A><SPAN>.&nbsp; But there is no map.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is driving me crazy.&nbsp; I'm sure I'm missing something.&nbsp; Just don't know what I'm missing.&nbsp; Could someone help me please?&nbsp; Thank you so much!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:28:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/how-to-put-my-own-data-on-a-county-map/m-p/533857#M5776 AprilWinchester 2011-11-28T18:28:46Z Re: How to put my own data on a county map? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/how-to-put-my-own-data-on-a-county-map/m-p/533858#M5777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>OK.&nbsp; I figured it out.&nbsp; When I was stuck, I was trying to put my data on an Esri base map.&nbsp; A base map is like an image, which can't have data added.&nbsp; So, what I did instead was a download a shapefile (and all other supporting files that come with it) of NC counties.&nbsp; Then I added that map by "Add Data" and then added my own data to that map.&nbsp; I hope this helped someone.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:17:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/how-to-put-my-own-data-on-a-county-map/m-p/533858#M5777 AprilWinchester 2011-12-01T17:17:39Z