idea On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

BerneJackson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:38:32 GMT

We have production databases that are in NAD83 UTM and a publication database that's in Web Mercator in order to match the ArcGIS base map standard projection for our web maps and applications. We need to update data in the Web Mercator database on a nightly, sometimes quarter hourly, basis and it would be great if we could set up replication so that it would project the data on-the-fly from our UTM database to our Web Mercator database.

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

DanMcCoy — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:07:32 GMT

See also...

HowTo: Create a replica where the child replica data is in a different coordinate system than the parent replica data
http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/34129

Simplify the Create Replica to other Coordinate Systems Process
https://community.esri.com/ideas/1514

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

Anonymous User — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:53:03 GMT

Should be an option button in the Replication set up. Default to 3857.

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:55:21 GMT

If things were that simple what would they need GIS people like you for? Just saying...

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

Anonymous User — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:04:34 GMT

Well, actually it turned out not to be that bad. The workflow did indeed work perfectly, for a viewer and two SDEs and their child GDBs. However, I imagine this is a common workflow - where GIS departments would want file GDBs in web mercator for web viewers. But they keep SDE in state plane. It would be an area for streamlining the interface.

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:10:31 GMT

I have been using this workflow for years now and as you said it in not a big deal.

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication

ChrisRobinsonCOF — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:49:03 GMT

Is there an updated KB article on this? The original link appears to be broken. Or is there an updated process for use with ArcGIS Pro? The export data to geodatabase geoprocessing tool was added to Pro earlier this year and was I wondering if that was the tool being used in the original KB article.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-ideas-blog/your-ideas-in-arcgis-pro-3-3/bc-p/1431910

Thank you,

Chris

Re: On-the-fly Projection for Geodatabase Replication - Status changed to: Already Offered

SSWoodward — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:57:55 GMT

Thanks all for your contributions to this Idea.

Documentation for the extract process can be found at the link below. The new Extract Data from Geodatabase tool is an equivalency tool that matches the functionality of the tool in ArcMap and will allow access to the same workflows.

Extract Data to a Different Spatial Reference