topic Converting WGS84 Point to Maps Current Spatial Reference in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

Converting WGS84 Point to Maps Current Spatial Reference

JeffSmith3 — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:17:36 GMT

I need to convert a WGS84 Lat/Lon point to my MapServices Spatial Reference. In this case, it happens to be Nad83.
Is there a typesafe way to convert a lat/lon point that I am receiving into whatever spatial reference my program is currently grabbing from the MapService it is looking at?
What libraries should I be looking at? Any examples would be great. Thank you.

Re: Converting WGS84 Point to Maps Current Spatial Reference

dotMorten_esri — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:37:26 GMT

You should use the GeometryService task for performing re-projection.

However, in most cases the server handles projecting on the fly in most cases (ie you can request and submit data in different SRs and it will project for you). What is the use case?

Re: Converting WGS84 Point to Maps Current Spatial Reference

JeffSmith3 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:25:11 GMT

In this case I am creating a new WGS84 Map Point, and trying to plot it on a Nad83 Spatial Ref.

            double lat = message.Latitude;
            double lon = message.Longitude;

            MapPoint mp = new MapPoint(lon, lat, new SpatialReference(4326));

            _pointLayer.Graphics.Clear();

            Graphic graphic = new Graphic()
            {
                Geometry = mp,
                Symbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol() { Color = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Blue), Size = 10 }
            };

            _pointLayer.Graphics.Add(graphic);

In this case _pointLayer is a Nad83 DynamicMapServiceLayer.
It throws an exception saying that the Graphic must match the SpatialRef of the service. Thanks again for the help.