Base Map Disappears when adding Shapefile in ArcGIS Pro

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10-24-2016 08:19 AM
RachaelChasse
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I have saved a shape file in ArcMap.  When I add this shape file to my ArcGIS Pro file the basemap disappears and my scale automatically turns into 1:1.

I can see the points, but the base map is gone.  Switching Base maps does not help the problem.

If I go to the Locate tab and search for my location the base map returns and the points disappear.  I have tried using a a layer package exported from ArcMap with the same results and behavior.

What is going on?  I could do this before without a problem.  No errors were found when exporting the layer package, and when I try to view the layer's data in Pro it shows all data in the table that opens.

Any ideas?  It's a weird set of behaviors.

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CarmelConnolly3
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Hi Rachel,

It sounds like it's an projection issue - does your shapefile have a .prj file? In ArcMap/Pro, open the properties of the layer to find what coordinate system it is in. It might be that it does not have one define and ArcGIS Pro just defaults to 1:1.

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CarmelConnolly3
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Hi Rachel,

It sounds like it's an projection issue - does your shapefile have a .prj file? In ArcMap/Pro, open the properties of the layer to find what coordinate system it is in. It might be that it does not have one define and ArcGIS Pro just defaults to 1:1.

RachaelChasse
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It seems that the problem was a problem with the original file.  When I saved the excel file as CSV things worked fine.  Thank you!

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RachaelChasse
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I think this may be related to some funky behavior that I have had using excel files within Pro lately.  Fixing the projection did solve the problem for other similar files, but I had to do this within ArcCatalog and not Pro.  

I am not sure how using the CSV bypassed the problem, but I'd rather deal with ArcCatalog than trying to solve the problem via excel.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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SlavoyCzarnobor
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Hi, I have the same problem. Uploading data in .csv is not helping and it doesn't look like a problem with coordinate system.

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