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ICoordinateTool.GetDatumList Method

Gives back the names of the datums available for use with ConvertLocation and GetDatumEllipsoid.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function GetDatumList ( _
) As String[]
[C#]
public String[] GetDatumList (
);
[C++]
HRESULT GetDatumList(
  Datums* Datums
);
[C++]

Parameters

Datums [out, retval]   Datums is a parameter of type

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Desktop.

Description

This method returns a string array of the names of the datums that can be used with the vFromDatum and vToDatum parameters on the ICoordinateTool::ConvertLocation method, and the vDatum parameter on the ICoordinateTool::GetDatumEllipsoid method. It can either be used to return the datum name at a specified index, or to return all of the datums by looping through the list.

Remarks

The following VB snippet returns the datum name string "American Samoa 1962 (AMA)".

Dim pCoord As ICoordinateTool
Dim sDatums() As String

Set pCoord = New CoordinateTool
sDatums = pCoord.GetDatumList

Debug.Print sDatums(12)

See Also

ICoordinateTool Interface

.NET Snippets

Create Datum List Textfile |