Questions tagged [xy]
A pair of values that represents the distance from an origin (0,0) along two axes, a horizontal axis (x), and a vertical axis (y).
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Adding easting and northing points in ArcGIS
I am trying to add coordinates into ArcGIS 10.6.1. Below are the Northing and Easting I have been given.
I have added these Northing and Eastings into an Excel sheet and saved them as a CSV File (The ...
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Calculating latitude from X,Y-coordinates on Mercator projection
I have a task to create a map of a specified section of the world. In particular, I need to map everything between the 120E and 100W longitudes and everything between the 60S and 30N latitudes mapped (...
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Changing order in Coordinate field in QGIS
Can I change the order of how my coordinates will display on QGIS?
I would like to display Latitude, longitude instead of longitude, Latitude
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Extracting specific corner of a rectangular polygon based on the cardinal direction
I have a dataset of rectangular polygons that have an arbitrary cardinal direction attribute (N, E, S, or W) assigned during digitization. The polygons aren't necessarily exactly rectangular.
I want ...
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Moving a feature to a new XY coordinate
I know how to move a point feature to a new location based on an updated XY coordinate. For example, joining an Excel or dbf table with the new XY cords to the production feature class attribute table ...
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Aligning Points in Decimal Degrees
Running ArcMap 10.3
I am displaying a layer of manholes from a table coming from SQL. The XYs are in decimal degrees however they are displaying no where near my other layers (NYC PLUTO). I have ...
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Allow duplicate lines in XY to Lines using ArcGIS Pro
I am a complete beginner with ArcGIS Pro.
I have a table of people, each with year, workplace and birthplace coordinates. I'd like to visualize a connection between birth and workplace with time ...
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Extracting values from soilgrid layers for xy coordinates in QGIS
I want to extract soil values for a list of x and y coordinates from Soilgrids layers in QGIS. I loaded some layers through the browser (WMS) as a test, and then selected the specific layer (e.g. Soil ...
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Extracting a single grid from a mdb file?
I'm trying to open ISRIC-WISE derived soil properties (available as MDB file from http://www.isric.org/data/) as a layer in ArcMap without much success. I know MDB are MS Access files that can be read ...
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Calculate values of coordinates in more system coordinates in same time, using unique tool
I have a table with several points. The attributes contain 3 "types" of coordinates in the SIRGAS2000 datum (decimal, DMS and UTM). I want to calculate these coordinates with a tool, because it is ...
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Show updated xy coordinates 'live'?
I want to create add-in tool to show x y coordinate on status bar live.
protected override void OnMouseMove(ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool.MouseEventArgs arg)
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create route network by connecting points together
Below is a screendump of my .csv file. It contains 2 pairs of X,Y coordinate columns.
The dataset is about transport of chemicals or dirt by trucks from one destination to the other (one XY ...
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Display XY data not displaying for some rows in a CSV, but displaying for the rest
I am using ArcMap 10.7 to map data points (decimal degrees) across eight countries. I have an Excel .csv file that contains the data points (548 rows), but when I import the data (as a .csv) and try ...
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Get centroid xy of selected polygon feature for UTM
Building a Script Tool that will take a selected polygon feature iterating through a 1 deg x 1 deg grid feature class. The tool creates a new geodatabase with name from [GEOCELL] field of selected ...
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Inaccuracy using field calculator to get coordinates of a point layer
When using the $x and $y commands in the field calculator to get coordinates of features in a point layer, the coordinates I get are different than if I point the feature with my cursor. The deviation ...
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How to extract the Lat and Long coordinates used to create the boundaries of polygons in a shapefile using QGIS
I have a shapefile that contains 10 polygons that represent 10 legal fishery management zones. I would like to extract the latitude and longitudinal data points used to create each polygon so that I ...
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Combining bounding box with xy coordinates in R
I am just beginning a side project to start learning something about spatial analysis using data from match play events in a particular sport. I have some xy coordinates of shots taken at goal and in ...
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How is Esri online course data spatially referenced without xy coordinates
I have completed ESRI's online course, Mapping Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Using ArcGIS Pro, which analyzed the disparities between black and white women by county. Here is ...
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How to create a points layer without XY cordinates in my attribute table
I have tried a few methods. I loaded a table and tried to join it with "add join" using the object ID as the the common attribute, but it did not join the table the way I planned. I ...
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Correct format for Easting/Northing in Go To XY tool in ArcGIS Pro
I am trying to create a point in ArcGIS Pro based on Easting and Northing coordinates that I obtain from an online map viewer. The online map viewer only has the Easting and Northing and does not have ...
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Go To XY not working on one map but works on other maps using ArcGIS Pro
I'm not sure what I did to cause this issue as it worked previously. When I attempt to use the "go to XY" feature on ArcGIS Pro v. 2.9.3 it seems to work fine when I try on a new map ...
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Unable to export or edit XY data using ArcMap
I am using ArcMap.
I have a polygon shapefile. I added columns for the x and y of the centroid of each polygon using the Add Geometry Attributes tool. I then used the Make XY Event Layer tool to ...
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Go to XY Coordinate is 1:40000
I am trying to use the "Go to XY Coordinate: tool. It used to zoom directly to the coordinates and now it is zooming to 1:38000. I am not sure why it has changed.
Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Plotting xy data in ArcMap
I have a .csv containing the name, longitude, and latitude in the first, second and third column, respectively. Longitude and latitude are in decimal degrees in WGS 84. However, if I try to plot these ...
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Converting polygon with latitude and longitude to x y plane
I have a polygon (shape of a building) containing coordinates as latitude and longitude. I need to convert them into an x-y plane. I have used various methods such as:
const R = 6.371;
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Transform XY coordinates from within a custom flat geometry to latitude and longitude
I am looking for a Python based tool/API (PyProj?) that will help me transforming a set of XY points from within a custom flat map to latitude and longitude.
I have information about the latitude and ...
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Can't display XY data in MXD on ArcGIS Desktop- onEnable error
When using Display XY data function on imported excel into MXD I get this error:
and if I click on "ok" then I get this message:
and the MXD get stuck and I must shut down the ArcGIS program. I know ...
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Correctly mapping CSV with x y coordinates when converting to correct CRS doesn't work
I have a CSV file that I'd like to map using lat long coordinates. The file has a field containing four coordinate points (see image below), but the first two and second two are nearly identical, so I ...
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ArcMap says there is no Object-ID field, but there is, even after exporting data as shapefile
Starting just a day or two ago, I have been running into the same issue every time I try to Display XY coordinates from a .csv file. When I add a .csv file, Display XY Data, I get an error that there ...
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'Add XY Data' and 'Make XY Event Layer' are plotting points at an inaccurate latitude
I have a .csv file with 10 wells and their respective longitude (X) and latitude (Y). Every time I try 'Add XY Data' or 'Make XY Event Layer', my wells are being plotted at some random place in the ...
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Updating xy fields in attribute table automatically when moving points to new locations in ArcMap?
I work on ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1 and try to move several points so they are corresponding simultaneously to the coordinates value in the attribute table immediately.
I know this question repeats in ...
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Plotting arrays of coordinates that are all under one column in CSV table?
I am trying to project specific route paths that all have coordinate points under a single column. Each row represents a different route path. Some of them go on for more than 100 coordinate points so ...
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How do I reassign a point's XY value in ArcMap 9.3?
I have a rectangle polygon I drew on a map and then added points to it's corner and midpoint. I drew the shape (representing a forest sample plot) where I thought it was best located based on 70 year ...
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How do I statistically compare two maps?
I need to statistically compare two maps in order to determine if the spatial distribution of the data is correlated or not.
I have two files in ArcGIS
XY location of foreign-owned firms
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What is corrupting my layer file?
I'm trying to save layer files from a colleague's mxd. As usual I right clicked on the layer and saved as layer file. Simple - but no - the layer files can't be opened. I get this message
"Adding ...
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Creating one single coverage polygon feature class from XY point data?
I'm using ArcMap 10.2, and I need to map areas covered by London postcodes (E1 0xx, E1 1xx, E1 2xx, and so on). What I have is the coordinates for every single postcode (310,000 in total) in an Excel ...
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