finding lat & lon and create a shapefile
DESCRIPTION
GIS in Health and PlanningFinding lat & lon create a shapefileRutgers UniversitySpring, 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Get Longitude(x)/Latitude(Y) from Google MapAdd geographical Data in Arc GIS
GIS in Health and Planning2012 SpringRutgers Universityby Wansoo Im, Ph.D.
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SEARCH FOR THE LOCATION
Right click – click “What’s here?”
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YOU WILL SEE ‘LONGITUDE(X)/LATIITUDE (Y)’ DATA IN THE SEARCH BAR X(longtitude) : -74.445872
Y(latitude) : 40.497304
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CREATE EXCEL FILE
Save file as xls. Format – Excel 97-2003 workbook
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WARNING!!!
Make sure if you close your Excel file after you save it.
If Excel file is open, then you will see an error message in Arc GIS when you try to open the excel file.
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OPEN ARC GIS ->ADD XY DATA
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CLICK THE FOLDER ICON TO SEARCH FOR EXCEL FILE
->Select Sheet where you put the data
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MAKE SURE X-Y FIELD MATCH YOUR EXCEL FIELD LATITUDE – LONGITUDEAND YOU NEED TO DEFINE PROJECTION
X field : Longitude
Y field : Latitude
Click “Edit” to change Projection
Helpful link :
http://ic.ucdavis.edu/information/GPStoArcGIS9.pdf
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PROJECTION
Geographic Coordinate Systems: Choose “World” , then choose “WGS1984.prj” file.
Click “Apply”, and “OK”
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CHANGE SYMBOLOGY
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OUTCOME
You can export the file as a new shape file, so we can use it for analysis.