How to fix the size of a shapefile?

[MattMejac]

Hello,

I have a shapefile of selected countries across the globe, but when I add it to arcmap, it places the countries really small in the middle of the atlantic ocean on my esri basemap; the projections are the same.  How do I make the polygons (countries) in the shapefile bigger so that they line up with the basemap I am using?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Matt

[JeffPace]

Ahh that makes alot more sense.  I dont think you can georeference SVGs, so the only hope is to either generate a reference file that is right, or redigitize it. 

However, you might just grab a  digitized and referenced shapefile of countries of the world, like this free one

http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php

And just filter the countries you want, instead of starting from scratch.