I am working with an “ESRI ArcMap Document (.mxd)” file. It is of an area in the South Island of New Zealand.
The version of ArcMap that I am using is from “ArcGIS 10, Education Edition”.
Before bringing in any data or files, I changed my “layers” GCS to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S”. Once that was defined, I brought in the .mxd file that I needed, which it ultimately adapted the GCS. I checked under the properties for that file that I had brought in under the “layers” and it had the correct GCS, thus agreeing with the “layers” GCS. I did not change it myself, it was automatic.
My units changed from “unknown units” to “meters”, so I knew everything went smoothly. The file was saved under a new name and new location, keeping the original .mxd file unaltered. When attempting to recreate this process using the original file that was saved on my hard drive, it could not be replicated and I have no idea why not? The “layer” would be changed to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S”, but when I attempted to bring in the file I needed, it asked me to save changes, which it had not before, and when I clicked “no”, it brought in the file under “layers”, but neither “layers” or the file had a defined GCS! When I change the "layer" GCS to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S” like before, the file's GCS remains unchanged. I am at a loss for why this is?
However, the main issue is this:
I can keep working with my original attempt (I hope), where both the “layers” and the file share the same GCS.
I have data points that I want to add to the project and they are not adding to the correct locations. These points are representing specific locations in the South Island of New Zealand that samples were extracted from and they HAVE latitude and longitude coordinates. When I add these coordinates using “go to XY” in ArcMap 10, the points are added to the project without issue, BUT they are consistently off the map southwest of the correct locations.
I attempted converting these latitude and longitude coordinates to UTM, but the same issue persisted. I found a converter online randomly and after a while of messing with it I had noticed a disclaimer saying that it did not work for southern hemisphere data!
Does anyone know how I can correct this issue and whether or not I am doing something wrong?
The version of ArcMap that I am using is from “ArcGIS 10, Education Edition”.
Before bringing in any data or files, I changed my “layers” GCS to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S”. Once that was defined, I brought in the .mxd file that I needed, which it ultimately adapted the GCS. I checked under the properties for that file that I had brought in under the “layers” and it had the correct GCS, thus agreeing with the “layers” GCS. I did not change it myself, it was automatic.
My units changed from “unknown units” to “meters”, so I knew everything went smoothly. The file was saved under a new name and new location, keeping the original .mxd file unaltered. When attempting to recreate this process using the original file that was saved on my hard drive, it could not be replicated and I have no idea why not? The “layer” would be changed to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S”, but when I attempted to bring in the file I needed, it asked me to save changes, which it had not before, and when I clicked “no”, it brought in the file under “layers”, but neither “layers” or the file had a defined GCS! When I change the "layer" GCS to “NZGD_2000_UTM_Zone_59S” like before, the file's GCS remains unchanged. I am at a loss for why this is?
However, the main issue is this:
I can keep working with my original attempt (I hope), where both the “layers” and the file share the same GCS.
I have data points that I want to add to the project and they are not adding to the correct locations. These points are representing specific locations in the South Island of New Zealand that samples were extracted from and they HAVE latitude and longitude coordinates. When I add these coordinates using “go to XY” in ArcMap 10, the points are added to the project without issue, BUT they are consistently off the map southwest of the correct locations.
I attempted converting these latitude and longitude coordinates to UTM, but the same issue persisted. I found a converter online randomly and after a while of messing with it I had noticed a disclaimer saying that it did not work for southern hemisphere data!
Does anyone know how I can correct this issue and whether or not I am doing something wrong?