Graticule will not display in layout view

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Problem:

I am trying to create a graticule for a map in ArcMap 10.7.1. When I create the graticule and hit "apply", the graticule does not display in layout view or when I export the map.

Steps to create the graticule:

View -> Data frame properties -> Grids
New Grid -> Graticule -> Labels Only -> 5 degree meridians / parallels
Etc.

Attempts to resolve:

Changing the Label Offset point value to at least half the Label Size (from here).
Defining a coordinate system for the data frame (from here).
Turn on grid (View -> Grid)

I have tried reducing intervals to minutes or seconds, but graticules are still not appearing.

jl748795 · Answer

My shapefiles had different coordinate systems. When I changed the coordinate systems of my shapefiles in ArcMap, I lost my graticules.
To fix this, I changed the coordinate system of the shapefile before dragging it into the map (i.e. changed coordinate system in catalog view). The graticule now displays in layout view.

caissa 1527 · Answer

I had this problem. I misunderstood and put numbers in the dec,degree,minutes boxes (where it asks you twice right on top of the other) and my graticules disappeared. When I went back and left decimal,degree,minutes as 0's, the grid popped back up.

Answered by caissa 1527 on June 7, 2021

Graticule will not display in layout view

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