Make xy event layer issues 10.1

[KevinGledhill]

I have a table with some lat/long values, and am simply trying to create an xy event layer from them.  No matter what I do (format, projections, etc) they points will not create in the correct lat/long location.  I believe it's a 10.1 issue, and maybe bug, since I sent the data to a friend with 10.0 and he had no trouble what so ever.  I even followed his exact steps. 

Are there known issues with the xy event tool in 10.1?  Or any suggestions/pre processing I could do to make this work? 

Thanks,

Kevin

[JakeSkinner]

Hi Kevin,

Can you upload the table you are working with, or post a sample?

[BruceLang]

Having the same problem at a fully patched ArcGIS 10.2.2 Standard w/64bit background geoprocessing on Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1

The attached image displays a point "Identify."  Notice the Lat_DD and Lon_DD attributes (used to create the points) do not match the "Location" values.

The attached File Geodatabase (zipped into a single file) contains two tables:

• GCP_Table - Used the Lat_DD and Lon_DD fields to create the XY layer.
• CreatedByMakeXY - Notice the XY Coordinate system is set to what I used to create the event layer

BTW - Same results using ArcGIS 10.0

Is this enough information?  Thank you

[JakeSkinner]

Hi Bruce,

I didn't see an attachment.  Can you try uploading it again?

[BruceLang]

Resend attachments...

The attached image displays a point "Identify."  Notice the Lat_DD and Lon_DD attributes (used to create the points) do not match the "Location" values.

The attached File Geodatabase (zipped into a single file) contains two tables:

• GCP_Table - Used the Lat_DD and Lon_DD fields to create the XY layer.
• CreatedByMakeXY - Notice the XY Coordinate system is set to what I used to create the event layer

[JakeSkinner]

Still no attachments.  Try starting a new thread and then uploading your zip file.

[BruceLang]

The attachments are there and are downloadable from my message(s).

Maybe site privileges or some other geonet settings are not allowing you to seem them.  I'm checking into that possibility.

[NeilAyres]

Bruce,

The properties page of your layer indicates that you created the points using state plane (feet), NOT degrees decimal.

I think that might be a bit of a problem.

When you load a table into make XY events, you have to specify the correct XY columns & what the numbers in those columns represent, ie the correct coordinate system.

Neil

[BruceLang]

Choosing "WGS 1984" (as given by Jake Skinner) from "Geographic Coordinate Systems/World" seems to have corrected the problem.  The points are now in the proper locations.

The information below was given for the points, so I assumed they should be created using the "projection"

• Coordinate System: US State Plane 1983 (US survey feet)
• Datum:  NAD 83(NA2011)
• Zone: Illinois West 1202
• Geoid:  GEOID12A (Conus)
• Vertical Datum: NAVD88

So, from the information given, what told you I should use WGS 1984?  My guess is because Lat/Long values were used indicating "world coordinates"!?!

Thank you Jake and Neil

[JakeSkinner]

Yes, since the lat/long values were in the format they were in.  State Plane coordinates would be a 6 digit and 7 digit coordinate.  Ex:  237219.09, 2693160.81