topic Re: Z data in arcpad in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641934#M6985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As indicated, if the Shape field in the shapefile's tabe just says Point then it is not a 3D point it is 2D and therefore has no Z.&nbsp; If it says PointZM then someone forgot to calculate or get out the Z values&nbsp; The X,Y and Z values are stored in the Shape field... you can't see them, you have to get them out into the shapefile table using one of several methods in ArcMap...don't know about ArcPad, but ArcMap for sure</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:21:49 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-19T20:21:49Z Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641929#M6980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had some students a month ago do some mapping with Arcpad in a mobilemapper. The shapefiles that were generated only seem to have the x and y data, not the z data recorded (or visible in the attribute table/dbf file). Is there a way to get these data in Arcmap? I'd like to use them to convert an arbitrary grid to UTM. I can do this for easting and northing but not for elevation without the z data. Is there a reason why these data are not showing up? Were they not recorded by Arcpad in the mobilmapper when they recorded points? Is it possible to go back to the mobile mapper and find out the z data as recorded in the unit? Or are these data basically now gone?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:59:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641929#M6980 ChrisM 2016-02-19T18:59:34Z Re: Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641930#M6981 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>the coordinates in a shapefile are not evident by default.&nbsp; If it is a 3D point file, then you can use</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/add-xy-coordinates.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/add-xy-coordinates.htm">Add XY Coordinates—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:03:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641930#M6981 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-19T19:03:24Z Re: Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641931#M6982 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks! the x and y data show up but not the z data</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:10:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641931#M6982 ChrisM 2016-02-19T19:10:14Z Re: Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641932#M6983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>in the Shape field does it just say Point or PointZM.&nbsp; If it is the former, then it is a 2D point file and someone calculated the x,y coordinates for you... If it is the latter, then they forgot the Z or it didn't exist in the first place.&nbsp; So... on a backup copy of the file, if it is 3D point file...give it a whirl and see if the Z values are there.&nbsp; If it is just a 2D point file (aka Point in the shape field), then sadly, there is nothing to do.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:14:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641932#M6983 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-19T19:14:20Z Re: Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641933#M6984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The column headings are "Datum" (which is the name I gave), "POINT_X" and "POINT_Y". Could the z data still be on the unit somewhere in a file I missed when I copied them over to the machine? Seems like a major omission that arcpad would automatically collect the x and y data but not the z data</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:23:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641933#M6984 ChrisM 2016-02-19T19:23:30Z Re: Z data in arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641934#M6985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As indicated, if the Shape field in the shapefile's tabe just says Point then it is not a 3D point it is 2D and therefore has no Z.&nbsp; If it says PointZM then someone forgot to calculate or get out the Z values&nbsp; The X,Y and Z values are stored in the Shape field... you can't see them, you have to get them out into the shapefile table using one of several methods in ArcMap...don't know about ArcPad, but ArcMap for sure</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:21:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/z-data-in-arcpad/m-p/641934#M6985 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-19T20:21:49Z