topic MapDisplay.Extent different in 3D vs 2D in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/mapdisplay-extent-different-in-3d-vs-2d/m-p/382548#M2359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know how to correctly "project" a geometry from AGX's 3D coordinate system the same 2D coordinate system?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here's what we've found:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If we zoom into an area and messagebox the MapDisplay.Extent the values will be different in 2D vs 3D&nbsp; even though visually the map seems to have the same dimensions.&nbsp; This becomes readily apparent when we send the extent coordinates over to a server to do a spatial intersect.&nbsp; In 2D mode we get back the only the features in the map view (as we'd expect), in 3D mode we get features outside the current map display.&nbsp; I've captured the extent values and drew them in ArcMap and the 3D extent is clearly larger.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We've tried calling project with the MapDisplay.CoordinateSystem2D but doesn't seem to help since both are WGS84...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:21:04 GMT FredSpataro 2011-11-17T17:21:04Z MapDisplay.Extent different in 3D vs 2D https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/mapdisplay-extent-different-in-3d-vs-2d/m-p/382548#M2359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know how to correctly "project" a geometry from AGX's 3D coordinate system the same 2D coordinate system?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here's what we've found:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If we zoom into an area and messagebox the MapDisplay.Extent the values will be different in 2D vs 3D&nbsp; even though visually the map seems to have the same dimensions.&nbsp; This becomes readily apparent when we send the extent coordinates over to a server to do a spatial intersect.&nbsp; In 2D mode we get back the only the features in the map view (as we'd expect), in 3D mode we get features outside the current map display.&nbsp; I've captured the extent values and drew them in ArcMap and the 3D extent is clearly larger.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We've tried calling project with the MapDisplay.CoordinateSystem2D but doesn't seem to help since both are WGS84...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:21:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-explorer-desktop-questions/mapdisplay-extent-different-in-3d-vs-2d/m-p/382548#M2359 FredSpataro 2011-11-17T17:21:04Z