Add coordinate sytems Listing on the Table of Contents Pane ?

[DEAF_PROBERT_68]

Hello Everyone !

Wheather you like it or not, maybe I just should throw out one feature to add this to the ArcGIS Pro.

It is about the coordinate systems.  I am aware that there is a way for you to open each layer and check their  coordinate system.   

If you have many of them from different coordinate system, you have to open the the Map Propertis and 

(See screenshot )  

But how about add the similiar one and put it in the 

Maybe in the future versions.

[RoseF]

Even some indication in the TOC that a particular layer is being reprojected on the fly. In other words, if a particular layer in the TOC doesn't have the same spatial reference as the data frame, a star by its name or something to indicate that it is being altered on the fly.

[SylvainBoivin]

Good idea to indicate by a symbol, you don't need to change the panel. And it could be a good idea to do the same if a definition query is setted!

[ToddHawley1]

@RoseF  I like this idea quite a lot. It would be much more efficient than what I had in mind. It made me think of another option I would like which would be to disable project on the fly.  This would force you to project your data before you could use it. In the old days this was just how it was.  Just a simple toggle somewhere on the TOC. Turn it off while your processing local data and turn it back on if you need a web services for instance.  I think both ideas would be fairly trivial to implement.   

[WillAnderson]

If nothing else, maybe Pro could provide the option to LIST/VIEW THE FILEPATHS to the layers listed under MapProperties-->CoordinateSystem-->Layers-->[CoordinateSystems], rather than just their TOC layer names (which can be duplicates, filepaths cannot, unless layer is loaded more than once)?

If not, I upvote the idea to list/order in TOC by spatial coordinate system. We work with a lot of farm equipment shapefile exports that are often named the same, so seeing 1 "culprit" layer named "Tile Pipe" with an Unknown system isn't particularly helpful when you have 1000+ layers named "Tile Pipe" loaded in the map and you need to merge etc.

Pro's project on the fly is handy but the need to get everything into a common spatial reference system for troubleshooting and pre-geoprocessing/analysis data prep hasn't gone away.

Thanks!

[mj_gis]

I was just looking for this functionality today and am really happy to have found this idea!

@KoryKramer  Thank you for describing how to see all coordinate systems in the map properties in Pro - so very  helpful.

Also I like @RoseF 's idea to list the layers that are being projected on the fly. That would be a very helpful addition. 

[WillAnderson]

Don't forget you can at least see what layers are flagged as different than the current map coordinate system by (1) opening the Edit tab in Contents view, (2) turning editing on, then (3) grouping the culprit layers and to interrogate them individually one by one, working top to bottom, rather than scrolling through Contents when you have hundreds of layers.

[mj_gis]

@WillAnderson 

Great idea! Thank you - I didn't know about that functionality in the Edit tab 🙂

[RTPL_AU]

Add the data coordinate system to the data source view in the Contents pane.

Bonus points:
Make it a global setting so users with small monitors can optimise UI space as required.

[ScottFedak2085]

It's possible that a single data source could have multiple coordinate systems. I'd enhance this idea a bit and suggest that an entire new tab be added to the TOC where layers are grouped by their coordinate system. This would allow users to identify and troubleshoot possible reasons for misalignment issues and better understand the interaction between different layers and how they are being visualized.

[KoryKramer]

For troubleshooting and better understanding the various coordinate systems used by multiple layers within a map, you can go to Map Properties > Coordinate Systems: