arcpy, spatial reference

Question

When setting an ouputcoordinate system in python I keep getting an error. Here's a sample of the code up to the point where the error occurs. import arcpy, os, sys print "Processing ..." #set up a relative path. This returns the folder where the script is relativePath = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) #Set up environment settings arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/.gdb" arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem="Coordinate Systems/Projected Coordinate Systems/State Plane/NAD 1983(US Feet)/NAD 1983 StatePlane Pennsylvania North FIPS 3701(US Feet).prj" This error is returned: Traceback (most recent call last): File "Y:\Planning\GIS Planning Analyst\projects\county_map_book\1_GenerateIndexLayers.py", line 11, in arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem="Coordinate Systems/Projected Coordinate Systems/State Plane/NAD 1983(US Feet)/NAD 1983 StatePlane Pennsylvania North FIPS 3701(US Feet).prj" File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 505, in set_ self[env] = val File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 557, in __setitem__ ret_ = setattr(self._gp, item, value) RuntimeError: Any help will be greatly appreciated. SE

SamanthaEdwards · Answer

Wow, that was easy. Thanks!!

StacyRendall1 · Answer

Runtime error is what it returns if you have given it an incorrect/invalid path. In this case you have missed a space before the (US Feet) both times...arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem="Coordinate Systems/Projected Coordinate Systems/State Plane/NAD 1983(US Feet)/NAD 1983 StatePlane Pennsylvania North FIPS 3701(US Feet).prj"

Should instead be:arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem="Coordinate Systems/Projected Coordinate Systems/State Plane/NAD 1983 (US Feet)/NAD 1983 StatePlane Pennsylvania North FIPS 3701 (US Feet).prj"