I am trying to upload a shapefile to ArcGIS Online, and am consistently getting an error:
"Unable to import this shapefile. This shapefile is too big to add to the map."
. I understand that there are some limitations on what can be uploaded into ArcGIS Online, namely that shapefiles must be smaller than 10MB and contain fewer than 1,000 records.
The shapefile I am uploading has 407 records. Uncompressed, all of the contingent files come to 5.59 MB. Once compressed, the zip file is only 3.55 MB (so well below the 10MB limit).
Any idea as to why I am still getting this error? Any known workarounds?
Best Answer
I would try first to make another copy of the file with reduced number of records and try to upload it to figure out if the problem is really caused from the size of the file or from something else.