Transformation of coordinate system

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10-25-2011 07:51 AM
by Anonymous User
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Original User: 3alaeddine

Hi all,
I have my shape files for the sign structures with the projected coordinate system WGS_1984_UTM_zone _17N and the other files with the geographic coordinate system GCS_WGS_1984. So I am wondering how I can do the transformation from the projected coordinate system to the geographic coordinate system.
Thank you very much for your help.
Alaeddine Saadaoui
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by Anonymous User
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Original User: NobbirAhmed

Try Project tool (Data Management tools > Projections and Transformations toolset > Feature > Project)
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JeremySkaw
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My issue is that when I am prompted that the layer I am going to put in has a different geo. coordinate system than the one I am currently using in my data frame.  I click the transformation button and select the GCS_North_American_1927 in the "convert from" and then put my North_American_Datum_1983 in the "into" box.  What do I put in the "using" box?
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by Anonymous User
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Original User: NobbirAhmed

@jskaw2011
One of the transformations from the drop-down list should work. To better understand the whole process (which transformation to select) please consult this topic and various topics linked in the topic.

http://blogs.esri.com/Support/blogs/mappingcenter/archive/2009/05/06/About-geographic-transformation...
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NobbirAhmed
Esri Regular Contributor
Also, for a list of transformations and their area of use, see the following knowledge base article 21327:

http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/21327
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by Anonymous User
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Original User: 3alaeddine

Thank you very much for your posts. The real problem was that the coordinate system was wrong. It was NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N instead of  GCS_WGS_1984. So I corrected the coordinate system and the projection worked properly. Thank you again 🙂
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