topic Opening shapefiles in a different spatial reference in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/opening-shapefiles-in-a-different-spatial/m-p/240233#M6199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a way to convert graphics to the correct spatial reference as they are read in from a shapefile?&nbsp; Currently I can only open shapefiles that are in WGS 84, can the conversion be done on the client or am I going to need to do the conversion on the server and then send back the results?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:52:08 GMT BrianGustafson 2010-10-13T18:52:08Z Opening shapefiles in a different spatial reference https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/opening-shapefiles-in-a-different-spatial/m-p/240233#M6199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a way to convert graphics to the correct spatial reference as they are read in from a shapefile?&nbsp; Currently I can only open shapefiles that are in WGS 84, can the conversion be done on the client or am I going to need to do the conversion on the server and then send back the results?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:52:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/opening-shapefiles-in-a-different-spatial/m-p/240233#M6199 BrianGustafson 2010-10-13T18:52:08Z Re: Opening shapefiles in a different spatial reference https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/opening-shapefiles-in-a-different-spatial/m-p/240234#M6200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That depends on the projection. If you just need to project to WebMercator you can use the built-in method in ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Projection.WebMercator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If the projection doesn't require a datum transform, the math to project is usually fairly straightforward (just google for it), but if everything else fails, the geometry service is the way to go.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>/Morten</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:04:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/opening-shapefiles-in-a-different-spatial/m-p/240234#M6200 dotMorten_esri 2010-10-13T20:04:32Z