Creates a spatial reference system and defines it from the specified ESRISpatialReference buffer.
[Visual Basic .NET] Public Sub CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfo ( _ ByVal spatRefInfo As String, _ ByRef SpatialReference As ISpatialReferenceInfo, _ ByRef cBytesRead As Integer _ )
[C#] public void CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfo ( string spatRefInfo, ref ISpatialReferenceInfo SpatialReference, ref int cBytesRead );
[C++]
HRESULT CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfo(
BSTR spatRefInfo,
ISpatialReferenceInfo** SpatialReference,
long* cBytesRead
);
[C++]Parameters
spatRefInfo spatRefInfo is a parameter of type BSTR SpatialReference [out]SpatialReference is a parameter of type ISpatialReferenceInfo
cBytesRead [out] cBytesRead is a parameter of type long
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfo creates a spatial reference from the well-known text (WKT) version. Below is an example of a WKT string, broken into several lines to make it easier to read.
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",
SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.9786982]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
VERTCS["NAVD_1988",VDATUM["North_American_Vertical_Datum_1988"],
PARAMETER["Vertical_Shift",0.0],PARAMETER["Direction",1.0],
UNIT["Meter",1.0]]