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arcpy.projectAs returns different results depending on where it is run

DonMorrison1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:24:44 GMT

I have some simple code that projects a point.

pt = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(687577.9340000004, 2134343.1621000003), spatial_reference="USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic_USGS_version") pt_projected = pt.projectAs('4326') print ("Projected x,y : %s,%s" % (str(pt_projected.firstPoint.X), str(pt_projected.firstPoint.Y)))

It seems to return different results as shown below. This first is produced when running in the ArcGIS Pro 3.1 Python window and also in my Spyder/IPython environment. The second is produced when I run it in a python toolbox (and I think when I run it after publishing the toolbox to an ArcGIS Server). Can anybody explain this difference?

Projected x,y : -87.63855949198765,41.938884076168215
Projected x,y : -87.63856525044517,41.93889193970926

Re: arcpy.projectAs returns different results depending on where it is run

DanPatterson — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 08:15:42 GMT

have you ruled out 64bit vs 32bit precision differences between the platforms?

is there transformation option for projectAs that isn't accounted for?

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Re: arcpy.projectAs returns different results depending on where it is run

DonMorrison1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 13:18:59 GMT

I added the 'transformation_name' parameter on the projectAs call and now I get the same results in all environments. Thanks for the pointer Dan!

pt = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(687577.9340000004, 2134343.1621000003), spatial_reference="USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic_USGS_version") pt_projected = pt.projectAs('4326','WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983') print ("Projected x,y : %s,%s" % (str(pt_projected.firstPoint.X), str(pt_projected.firstPoint.Y)))