I am trying to project a set of coordinates (points) from an excel, on top of a shape file (map) with an unknown coordinate system.
The excel file was created by first creating a map with some points in Google earth and then exported it into a .kml file and then created the excel.
The shape file was given to me ready for the project i am doing. Basically i am trying to map-match the two files and then join-relate them to get some additional information for my project.
Here is what i did step by step:
5.I closed and re-opened ArcMap and performed actions of Step 1
8.I re-opened ArcMap and repeated actions in step 1 and imported the two shape files i created in steps 3 and 7
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me to sort this out because i don't know what i am doing wrong and i am stacked at this point for quite a long now.
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The excel file was created by first creating a map with some points in Google earth and then exported it into a .kml file and then created the excel.
The shape file was given to me ready for the project i am doing. Basically i am trying to map-match the two files and then join-relate them to get some additional information for my project.
Here is what i did step by step:
- Open ArcMap (V.10.1) and right clicked 'Layers' and defined a Geographic Coordinate System 'WGS 1984'
- Imported the "vista_nicosia_links.shp" and received a warning for unknown Spatial Reference
- Exported the file into a shape file using 'the same coordinate system as the Data frame' option. 4.Now in the Properties->Source tab i can see the Geographic Coordinate System to be GCS_WGS_1984 and the 'Extend' info have 7 digits on the left of the comma.
5.I closed and re-opened ArcMap and performed actions of Step 1
- Then i added X,Y data from the excel file and then right-click -> display X,Y data and specified the X and Y field. In the description of Input Coordinate System it was by default GCS_WGS_1984.
8.I re-opened ArcMap and repeated actions in step 1 and imported the two shape files i created in steps 3 and 7
- The two shape files are displayed in entirely different positions the one far away from the other. I noticed that in right click -> Properties -> Source tab-> 'Extent' area of the Export_Output i see that there are 7 digits on the left of the comma (step 3), where as in Export_Output_2 i see only 2 digits on the left of the comma
- Then i tried to project both shape files (one at a time) from "ArcToolbox -> Data Management Tools -> Projections and Transformations -> Define Projection" into Projected Coordinate system 'WGS 1984 World Mercator' but nothing seems to change or happening. They are both re-projected at the same (initial) positions.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me to sort this out because i don't know what i am doing wrong and i am stacked at this point for quite a long now.
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