I have a world shapefile with a GCS_WGS_1984 coordinate system. Due to obvious reasons, in ArcMap a small part of Russia is showing in the leftmost side of the data frame. In ArcGlobe, the layer is fine, now can I change the projection of the shapefile to some other coordinate system to show Russia as one in Arcmap (as I am interested only in the Asia Pacific region). Or do I have to manually modify the shapefile and join the country forcefully?
Thanks Janak. But I tried several projections which did not solve my problem. Can you suggest me which projection will solve my problem? thanks in advance.
Chitrini
Re-project your data (or change data frame CRS ) with a world PCS (i.e. Marcator,) and modify the central meridian value( for your case it should be 160)
Hello
Due to the extent throughout the country, it is necessary to use multiple cartography origins. The right choice would be to use a UTM projection and use as the prime meridian, which is closest to the center of the study area.
Best regards
thanks all. finally I solved my problem by this:
1. Load the data into ArcMap and open the Data frame Properties dialog (View | Data Frame Properties).
2. Click the Coordinate System tab and then click the New button. Choose Projected Coordinate System from the popup menu.
3. Give the projection a name like "Pacific Rim View" or whatever, and choose the "Plate Carree" projection from the Name list. This is a "fake"
projection in that it doesn't majorly change the rectangular shape of the unprojected world data, but it does convert lats/longs into metres.
4. Set the Central Meridian value to 120.
5. Click the Select button in the Geographic Coordinate System group and choose World | WGS 84 (assuming that's what your data are in; just be
sure to match the data's native coordinate system here.)
6. Once you've done that, click OK on both dialogs to redraw the world map, centred on the PACRIM.
If you want to permanently change the data, you can perform similar steps to these by using the Project Wizard in ArcToolbox (ArcToolbox | Data
Management Tools | Projections | Project Wizard). Just follow the wizard steps and you'll see exactly the same dialogs pop up in all the important steps.
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