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Import ArcMap Georeferenced Files into ArcGIS Pro

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11-03-2022 09:16 AM
WilliamCole
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Am running ArcMap 10.8 under Windows 10.  I have imported a number of ArcMap .mxd files into ArcGIS Pro.  Several of these maps have georeferenced maps attached.  How do I import those as well to ArcGIS Pro?

Thanks very much.

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DanPatterson
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Wouldn't a georeferenced map, just be an image?

What are its properties?


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Robert_LeClair
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If the georeferenced image in a dataframe in an *.mxd, I would think it would think it would import as a Map View in a new ArcGIS Pro project.   Are you not seeing the image in the ArcGIS Pro map view?

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WilliamCole
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Apologize for the delayed response.  Thank you all very much for the information.

I have been able to import the mxd files without issue.  The georeferenced files - which are historic maps - are the part that I'm trying to understand how to import.  These files are stored as jpg files.  The georeference Link Table [which is opened from the Link Table icon on the Georeferencing tool bar] text files which contain the reference link number, x, y coordinates and some other data also, I think, need to be included.  These files represent a lot of work which I really don't want to have to repeat.

Thanks again for the input.

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DanPatterson
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If the images (aka, jpegs) were truly georeferenced you should be able to add them as a layer. If the georeferencing wasn't completed, then I have no clue


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WilliamCole
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I have imported an.mxd map from ArcMap into ArcGIS Pro.  The import brought the Table of Contents from ArcMap into ArcGIS Pro and placed all of the elements as they were in ArcMap.  The ToC has two groups of layers: the first contains all of the project's individual maps with symbology.  The second group contains all of the georeferenced historical "base" maps which are attached to the underlying base via their control tables.

In ArcMap, georeferencing an historic map created a control table used to attach that map to the base map.  Repeating this process for each of the 30-some historic maps in my project created a "mosaic" of historic maps attached to the base map.  [This is not a mosaic created with the ArcMap Mosaic tool. I was learning ArcGIS and didn't know about mosaics until after I had done the georeferencing work.]  While this method worked for ArcMap it clearly doesn't for ArcGIS Pro.  

In ArcGIS Pro I am able to attach one georeferenced .jpg file to my base topographic layer and to import the control table for that raster placing it properly on the base map.

However, if I try to add a subsequent georeferenced image with its control table -as I was able to do in ArcMap-  ArcGIS Pro asks "Do you want to erase the existing control points?"  Answering Yes replaces the existing control points associated with the first raster with the control points for the second raster, thereby placing the first raster image at the location for the second.  Answering No appends the second set of control points to the existing control points for the first raster image ... making a mess.

What am I doing wrong and what do I need to know to fix this, please.

Thank you so much.

[The one-year delay from the last post is due to unhappy reasons.]

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