topic Re: How to get WKID for own shape files. in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629468#M16178 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>As the message suggests, ask the dataprovider from where you got the data what the spatial reference of the data is. There's not really a good way to know if you don't have the metadata information.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 May 2010 15:15:15 GMT dotMorten_esri 2010-05-18T15:15:15Z How to get WKID for own shape files. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629467#M16177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>We wish to use our own shape file. how to get/provide the WKID for the file.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 May 2010 01:17:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629467#M16177 xariaD 2010-05-18T01:17:57Z Re: How to get WKID for own shape files. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629468#M16178 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>As the message suggests, ask the dataprovider from where you got the data what the spatial reference of the data is. There's not really a good way to know if you don't have the metadata information.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 May 2010 15:15:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629468#M16178 dotMorten_esri 2010-05-18T15:15:15Z Re: How to get WKID for own shape files. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629469#M16179 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have another question regarding MapIt. Can we use our own maps as base maps and then load another shape file over those maps?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We don't want to use Bing maps or any other online maps. Should we use ArcGIS server instead of MapIT in that case?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 May 2010 01:05:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629469#M16179 xariaD 2010-05-19T01:05:08Z Re: How to get WKID for own shape files. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629470#M16180 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>MapIt only serves out raw vector data, and not base data. So yes ArcGIS Server would be a great option for basemaps instead of Bing Maps (in fact that's what the API was designed for in the first place). You can even create your own layer types (see the codegallery for samples) so you can use any type of mapservice that can serve out map images via HTTP. For instance OpenStreetMap, WMS, etc.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 May 2010 18:46:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-wkid-for-own-shape-files/m-p/629470#M16180 dotMorten_esri 2010-05-19T18:46:33Z