Defines this spatial reference component from the specified ESRISpatialReference buffer.
[Visual Basic .NET] Public Sub ImportFromESRISpatialReference ( _ ByVal str As String, _ ByRef cBytesRead As Integer _ )
[C#] public void ImportFromESRISpatialReference ( string str, ref int cBytesRead );
[C++]
HRESULT ImportFromESRISpatialReference(
BSTR str,
long* cBytesRead
);
[C++]Parameters
str str is a parameter of type BSTR cBytesRead [out] cBytesRead is a parameter of type long
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Description
Converts a string representation of a coordinate system into a spatial reference object. A sample string representation is below (reformatted for display).
PROJCS["Porto_Santo_1936_UTM_Zone_28N",
GEOGCS["GCS_Porto_Santo_1936",
DATUM["D_Porto_Santo_1936",
SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388,297]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199432955]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],
PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],
PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-15],
PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],
UNIT["Meter",1]]
public ISpatialReference
IESRISpatialReferenceExample()
{
int size = -1;
//Not Parameter
keyword
//Note also the back
slash around false_easting so that the double quotation marks will
read correctly
string wktString =
"PROJCS[\"Test\", GEOGCS[\"GCS_WGS_1984\",
DATUM[\"D_WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS_1984\", 6378137, 298.257223]],
PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\", 0],UNIT[\"Degree\", 0.0174532925199433]],
PROJECTION[\"Mercator\"],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\", 1000000],
UNIT[\"Foot\", 0.3048]]";
//Create an
ESRISpatialReference using the parameter class
IESRISpatialReference
esriSpatialReferenceProjection = new
ProjectedCoordinateSystemClass() as IESRISpatialReference;
esriSpatialReferenceProjection.ImportFromESRISpatialReference(wktString,
out size);
//Set your parameter to
the one you just created
ISpatialReference
spatialReference = esriSpatialReferenceProjection as
ISpatialReference;
return
spatialReference;
}