topic Re: Projection in AGOL? in New to GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410196#M1131 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks everyone for the responses!&nbsp; I might have some follow up questions, but for now that helps...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:04:09 GMT Anonymous User 2019-03-19T14:04:09Z Projection in AGOL? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410192#M1127 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I publish a&nbsp;feature layer to ArcGIS Online, is it automatically converted to&nbsp;WGS84 Web&nbsp;Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:35:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410192#M1127 Anonymous User 2019-03-08T19:35:10Z Re: Projection in AGOL? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410193#M1128 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It projects 'on the fly'. If you are using a large dataset or many layers in a web app. I recommend projecting to Web Mercator Aux and then creating a web layer.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:38:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410193#M1128 JohnBrockwell 2019-03-08T19:38:02Z Re: Projection in AGOL? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410194#M1129 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have all of our data stored in WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) as that is the most compatible for large areas and displaying online.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>As John responded.&nbsp; I would suggest switching to that projection for online work.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:13:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410194#M1129 RobertBorchert 2019-03-08T20:13:53Z Re: Projection in AGOL? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410195#M1130 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Matthew,</P><P></P><P>Yep that's right, and John has a great suggestion. Portal will keep the projection of the data published, but in ArcGIS Online it is all displayed in Web Mercator Aux.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:15:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410195#M1130 Anonymous User 2019-03-08T20:15:33Z Re: Projection in AGOL? https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410196#M1131 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks everyone for the responses!&nbsp; I might have some follow up questions, but for now that helps...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:04:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/projection-in-agol/m-p/410196#M1131 Anonymous User 2019-03-19T14:04:09Z