topic Aliases for creating SpatialReference objects (Python) in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/aliases-for-creating-spatialreference-objects/m-p/252072#M8639 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Folks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Either one of the following statements works to create a spatial reference object (or string) for uses such as calling 'CreatFeatureclass' tool:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">sr="GEOGCS['GCS_WGS_1984',DATUM['D_WGS_1984',SPHEROID['WGS_1984',6378137.0,298.257223563]], \ PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]];IsHighPrecision" </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>or</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">sr = arcpy.SpatialReference('WGS 1984')</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Then you can do the following to get a new feature class that uses the 'sr' variable:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(mydir,fc, 'POINT','#','#','#', sr)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here's my question:&nbsp; I like using the second statement better.&nbsp; But I don't know how to refer to any other reference systems in this way, because I don't know the handle of any other ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a list of the short names (or aliases) available for all (or at least the most popular) of the reference systems?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:52:32 GMT LT 2014-04-01T11:52:32Z Aliases for creating SpatialReference objects (Python) https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/aliases-for-creating-spatialreference-objects/m-p/252072#M8639 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Folks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Either one of the following statements works to create a spatial reference object (or string) for uses such as calling 'CreatFeatureclass' tool:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">sr="GEOGCS['GCS_WGS_1984',DATUM['D_WGS_1984',SPHEROID['WGS_1984',6378137.0,298.257223563]], \ PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]];IsHighPrecision" </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>or</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">sr = arcpy.SpatialReference('WGS 1984')</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Then you can do the following to get a new feature class that uses the 'sr' variable:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(mydir,fc, 'POINT','#','#','#', sr)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here's my question:&nbsp; I like using the second statement better.&nbsp; But I don't know how to refer to any other reference systems in this way, because I don't know the handle of any other ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a list of the short names (or aliases) available for all (or at least the most popular) of the reference systems?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:52:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/aliases-for-creating-spatialreference-objects/m-p/252072#M8639 LT 2014-04-01T11:52:32Z