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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=685445316-22122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In my opinion, t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=685445316-22122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>he Export Data
tool's purpose is not to be a re-projection tool, but it can re-project
your data to the data frame's projection during data export. It saves me
time having to go to ArcToolbox to run a re-projection.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=685445316-22122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=685445316-22122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I can also troubleshoot unknown coordinate systems by
changing the data frame coordinate system. When my data lines up, I
can export it to a new file using the data frames coordinate system while
keeping the old file in it's original state.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Hughes, Ronald
[mailto:Ronald.Hughes@dep.state.fl.us] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 22,
2005 11:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Thomas, Jim<BR><B>Cc:</B>
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sorry
Thomas, but it doesn’t re-project. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That method you used simply re-defines
the projection unless they’ve changed it in Version 9x (which is highly
doubtful). <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you want to change
the geometry, you’ll need to use <SPAN class=SpellE>ArcToolbox</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s simply isn’t good practice to
assign incorrect projection files to spatial data.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I
hope that clears things up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Thomas,
Jim [mailto:jim_thomas@golder.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:33
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Hughes,
Ronald<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B>
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's not simply
re-defining. It's re-projecting. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When you use the
'Export Data...' tool from ArcMap you can select the export coordinate system
(see attached jpg). It will re-project the data to what you
define.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Shruggers can use
whatever method works best for them.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Hughes,
Ronald [mailto:Ronald.Hughes@dep.state.fl.us] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:23
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Thomas, Jim;
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Actually
Thomas, the problem with that is that the NEW shapefile will still be in
STATEPLANE projection.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In other
words, the geometry or “physical condition” remains as STATEPLANE.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All you’ve done is re-define the
projection file.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Defining a
projection and actually RE-PROJECTING a shapefile are two separate things.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Re-projecting a shapefile involves
changing its geometry and topology while re-defining the projection only changes
a text file.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You never want to
assign an incorrect projection file to a shapefile because it tends to lead to
trouble if you send that file to somebody else and then they try to re-project
that shapefile using incorrect projection information.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
reason that it appears to work for you is because of the ArcGIS “projection on
the fly” capability.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you were to
use a GIS product that doesn’t project “on-the-fly” you would see that
re-defining the projection file hasn’t changed the geometry of the shapefile:
it’s still in STATEPLANE.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">As
far as datum transformation is concerned, when switching between certain
coordinate systems, you may wind up using different datum and need to transform
from one datum to the next.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For
example when I was using ArcGIS version 8x and projected from STATEPLANE NAD83
datum to Geographic North American 1983 HARN datum I would get the following
error message:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><IMG
id=_x0000_i1026 height=410 src="" width=480><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I
would then have to set the transformation from NAD_1983 to
HARN_Florida:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><IMG
id=_x0000_i1027 height=301 src="" width=422><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Many
people think that redefining the projection of a shapefile is the same and
projecting a shapefile but it is not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I hope that I’ve contributed to clearing this
up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Good
luck,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ron<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Thomas,
Jim [mailto:jim_thomas@golder.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:52
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Hughes, Ronald;
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The steps I listed will
work too. You can export a NEW shapefile from ArcMap in the spatial
reference of the data frame (which can be different than the original
shapefile). As long as everything is defined correctly, you'll have no
problem. I do it all the time.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As far as the datum
transformation list... that's a good question. I always wondered
that.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Hughes, Ronald<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:32
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Actually,
you need to use ArcToolbox to reproject the shapefile.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All the steps mention below do is
re-define the projection file.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It
would be analogous to assigning a new mailing address to you home without
physically moving it from its current location.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In other words, if your house sits at
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">800 Main
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and you change the address to <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">21 Jump Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, the
house still remains at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">800 Main
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
Present version of ArcToolbox that I have (ArcGIS 9.1) is different from that
what I’d previously had but it appears to work the same
way.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Open
up ArcToolbox and select Data Management Tools </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Wingdings color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">à</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
Projections and Transformations </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings color=maroon
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">à</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
Project. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Click
on Project and a menu should come up that asks for your imput feature and output
(in ArcGIS 9.1 it automatically assigns a ‘P’ at the end of the name of the
input and places it in the output.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Select the projection that you want for the output by clicking on the
button to the right of the input window.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>That will bring up a menu called “Spatial Reference
Properties”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">1.)
Click the button labeled “Select”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">2.)
Click the Geographic Coordinate Systems folder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">3.)
Click the <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place> folder and select the
coordinate system that you want (probably North American 1983
HARN.prj).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">4.)
Click the “Add” button and select “OK”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">If
you have any other questions just ask.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Helvetica color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Good
luck!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Thomas, Jim<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:34
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> tdarsey@hsa.cc;
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. Define your
shapefile's spatial reference in ArcCatalog</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. Load the shapefile
into ArcMap</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. Change the data
frame spatial reference to Lat/Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4. Export the new
shapefile using the data frame's spatial reference (during
export)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5. That's
it.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tony Darsey<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:30
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> shrug-l:
Lat-Long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Can anyone tell me how to convert a
shape file from State Plane to Lat/Long?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></B>
<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tony Darsey</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">HSA Consulting Group, Inc.</SPAN></B> <BR><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1311
Executive Center Drive, Suite 255</SPAN></B></st1:Street> <BR><st1:City
w:st="on"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tallahassee</SPAN></B></st1:City><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, <st1:State w:st="on">FL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">32301</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></B></st1:address> <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Phone (850) 309-7510</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fax (850) 309-7510</SPAN></B>
<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cell (850)
508-6477</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">email
tdarsey@hsa.cc</SPAN></B> <o:p></o:p></P>
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