Comments on: Adding Excel Lat Long Coordinates into ArcGIS

By: GISGeography

GISGeography — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:47:32 +0000

In reply to Peter. Yes, you're correct that you need the GCS before you create lat/long coordinates. If you're collecting data with a GPS, then likely it will be WGS84.

By: GISGeography

GISGeography — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:45:17 +0000

In reply to Peter. Yes, that's correct.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 01:00:01 +0000

If you have a spreadsheet with latitude and longitude and nothing else does it make a difference what GCS you chose, meaning WGS84 or NAD 83? don’t you need this information along with lat/long before you create a shapefile? The lat/long will be different depending on what planet model you chose.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:51:07 +0000

I think regarding latitude and longitude it is in opposite: Latitude is Y coordinate and Longitude is X coordinate.

By: GISGeography

GISGeography — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:09:38 +0000

In reply to Meet Saiya. Right-click Data Frame > Properties > General Tab > Select "Decimal Degrees" for units But if you're using the "Go To XY" method, change units to decimal degrees

By: Meet Saiya

Meet Saiya — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:51:43 +0000

I have latitude and longitude data in degrees. However, ArcMap uses them as meters and everything is potted close to the origin, off the coast of Africa. How do I change the settings in ArcMap so that it recognizes the data in degrees?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:53:03 +0000

I have a data set whose x,y coordinates represent distance in the respective direction from 0,0(the x column is distance in the “x” direction from 0 and the y column is distance in the “y” direction from 0). I have the WGS84 coordinate that is 0,0 and want to convert the x,y to lat/long coordinates. What is the best way to go about this in ArcMap?

By: GISGeography

GISGeography — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:35:51 +0000

In reply to pall. If you don't have coordinates, how do you know where the points belong on the map?

By: pall

pall — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 05:07:46 +0000

I have some weather data but no coordinates. How do I prepare a wind map in ArcGIS? Also, I have wind direction and speed data. Please advise me.

By: Your

Your — Wed, 29 May 2019 08:49:52 +0000

So just as asked before: “After finding my excel document that I want to add the XY data from, I double click it and try to add the data but it says “Failed to connect to database. An underlying database error occurred. class not registered.” Any idea on how to fix this? Thanks”.
The link which was given does not work: “It sounds like your system is missing a Microsoft Office System Driver.