Overlaying Rasters and Shapefiles

GeorgesBackoulou1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:34:51 GMT

I am using ArcMap 10.6.1. I have 2 series of data: Raster and shapefiles. The raster files Cropland Data (from 2017 to 2022) were downloaded from CroplandCROS (usda.gov). The shapefiles are fields location data were collected from 2017 to 2023, using a phone Google Maps app.
I was able to create data point maps with these shapefiles but I cannot create buffers and overlay the shapefiles with the raster data from the USDA Cropland.

Both, raster and shapefiles are on the same geographic system coordinate. But when having them in different Arcmap window, raster data display Meters, while shapefiles data display Decimal Degrees.
How should I proceed to solve this issue?

Projected Coordinate System: WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_14N

Projection: Transverse_Mercator

False_Easting: 500000.00000000

False_Northing: 0.00000000

Central_Meridian: -99.00000000

Scale_Factor: 0.99960000

Latitude_Of_Origin: 0.00000000

Linear Unit: Meter

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984

Datum: D_WGS_1984

Prime Meridian: Greenwich

Angular Unit: Degree

Re: Overlaying Rasters and Shapefiles

DanPatterson — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:11:48 GMT

The raster is in a UTM projection. I suspect that the shapefile is in a geographic coordinate system which hasn't been defined. Can you confirm the coordinate system of the shapefiles? and if there is none, then use the Define Projection tool

Define Projection (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

to tell the file what it is and not what you want it to be. You can get it into a UTM projection after it is defined, using the

Project (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

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