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Opening shapefiles in a different spatial reference

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10-13-2010 11:52 AM
BrianGustafson
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‎10-13-2010 11:52 AM
Is there a way to convert graphics to the correct spatial reference as they are read in from a shapefile?  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?
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dotMorten_esri
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‎10-13-2010 01:04 PM
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.
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.

/Morten
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