Exporting spatial data in Google Earth or Shapefile format

Export the spatial data in ESRI shapefile™ or Google Earth™ (kmz) format using one of the following:

a map that's currently displayed in the Map or Query window, or in an Output window.

an Enerdeq map, query, or Output window file that's saved to disk.

If the export is based on a map file that's saved to disk, the extents of exported data are based on the map extents. If the export is based on either an active Query Editor or Output window, or on a Query Editor or Output window file that's saved to disk, the extents of exported data are based on the extents of data items in that file. If exporting from an active map that's currently displayed in the Map window, reduce the extents of exported data by either CTRL-Clicking or by drawing a polygon around the map items that define the extents of the data to export.

Transformations are only applied to shapefile exports. Files required for shapefiles are saved in a compressed folder. Layers that haven't been qualified and transformed to WGS84 won't have the selected map datum transformation applied. Instead, each layer with mixed datums has a .prj file with a datum flag of GCS_Assumed_Geographic_Undefined_Datum and each coordinate includes a flag that indicates the datum upon which it is based so that you can configure it using a third-party application.

By default, spatial data is exported using the Geographic Coordinates System with the WGS84 datum, unless a specific map projection is selected for one of the layers included in the export, in which case that map projection applies to all layers in the export.

Transformations are only applied to layers to which the GCS_WGS_1984 datum has been applied. GCS_WGS_1984 is only applied to layers where the majority of items on that layer are qualified and transformed to WGS84 from their original datum. Click Datum transformation layers to determine whether transformations are applied to a particular layer. Transformed layers shift as an entire layer so individual items within shifted layers without a defined datum shift as well.

Transformations from which you can select are only those for which a valid transformation exists for both WGS84 and the desired map projection datum.

Datum transformations are saved and exported along with the map.

To export spatial data in Google Earth or shapefile format

1. Using either the Map window (to base the export on an open map), or Query Editor or an Output window (to base the export on a map that's saved to disk), from the Tools menu, click Export .

The Export dialog box appears.

2. From the Template drop-down list, click either Shapefile (ESRI) or Google Earth.

3. In the Map Selection pane, select either of the following:

Saved Map, click Browse, and then navigate to and select the Enerdeq map file upon which to base the export.

Open Map, from the drop-down list select a map that's currently displayed in a Map window and select either Extents (to use the current Map window extents) or Polygon (to export everything within a polygon you drew on the map).

For saved maps, and instead of drawing a polygon on an open map, you can reduce the current export extents by specifying the lat long of the desired extents in the Coordinates area, providing the lat long you specify fall within the overall extents of the selected map.

All licensed spatial layers appear in Data Navigator with the currently displayed layers in either the open or saved map selected for export.

Select additional spatial layers to export using Data Navigator even if they're not active on the current or saved map.

4. Using Data Navigator, select the data items to export.

5. Click Perform Export, browse to a disk location in which to save the files, and then click Save.

The PRJ file for untransformed Shapefile exports include a custom CRS GCS_Assumed_Geographic_Undefined_Datum that may cause a warning message when imported to other third-party applications.