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ISpatialReference3.VerticalCoordinateSystem Property (ArcObjects .NET 10.8 SDK)
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ISpatialReference3.VerticalCoordinateSystem Property

The VCS associated with this spatial reference.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Property VerticalCoordinateSystem As IVerticalCoordinateSystem

[C#]
public IVerticalCoordinateSystem VerticalCoordinateSystem {get; set;}

[C++]
HRESULT get_VerticalCoordinateSystem(
  IVerticalCoordinateSystem** vcs
);

[C++]
HRESULT putref_VerticalCoordinateSystem(
  IVerticalCoordinateSystem* vcs
);

[C++]
Parameters
vcs [out, retval]

  vcs is a parameter of type IVerticalCoordinateSystem**
vcs 

  vcs is a parameter of type IVerticalCoordinateSystem*

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description


Remarks


[C#]

ISpatialReferenceFactory3 srf3 = new SpatialReferenceEnvironmentClass();

IVerticalCoordinateSystem vcs1, vcs2;

vcs1 = srf3.CreateVerticalCoordinateSystem(5702);//NGVD_1929

vcs2 = srf3.CreateVerticalCoordinateSystem(5703);//NAVD_1988

ISpatialReference sr1, sr2;

sr1 = srf3.CreateSpatialReference(4269);//GCS_North_American_1983

((ISpatialReference3)sr1).VerticalCoordinateSystem = vcs1;

sr2 = srf3.CreateSpatialReference(5070);//NAD_1983_Contiguous_USA_Albers

((ISpatialReference3)sr2).VerticalCoordinateSystem = vcs2;

IProjectedCoordinateSystem pcs2 = (IProjectedCoordinateSystem)sr2;

IGeographicCoordinateSystem gcs1 = (IGeographicCoordinateSystem)sr1;

IGeographicCoordinateSystem gcs2 = pcs2.GeographicCoordinateSystem;

IHVCompositeDatumTransformationEditor edit = new HVCompositeDatumTransformationEditorClass();

IHVDatumTransformation hvdt;

edit.SetSpatialReferences(gcs1, gcs2);

hvdt = edit.CreateHVDatumTransformation(110011);//PE_VT_NGVD29_TO_NAVD88_NAD83_ECW

edit.Add(hvdt, esriTransformDirection.esriTransformForward);

IHVCompositeDatumTransformation hvcdt = edit.CreateNew();

ITransformation transform = (ITransformation)hvcdt;

IPoint pnt = new PointClass();

pnt.SpatialReference = sr1;

pnt.PutCoords(4, 3);

((IZAware)pnt).ZAware = true;

pnt.Z = 5;

((IGeometry5)pnt).ProjectEx5(sr2, esriTransformDirection.esriTransformForward, transform, false, 0, 0, ((int)esriProjectionHint.esriProjectionHintDefault) & ((int)esriProjectionHint.esriProjectionHintFindGeoTransformation));

double x, y, z;

pnt.QueryCoords(out x, out y);//10421841.071915826, 3982079.5947264349

z = pnt.Z;//1.5240030480060962


[C++]

ISpatialReferenceFactory3Ptr ipSRF3(CLSID_SpatialReferenceEnvironment);

IVerticalCoordinateSystemPtr ipVCS1, ipVCS2;

ipSRF3->CreateVerticalCoordinateSystem(5702, &ipVCS1);//NGVD_1929

ipSRF3->CreateVerticalCoordinateSystem(5703, &ipVCS2);//NAVD_1988

ISpatialReferencePtr ipSR1, ipSR2;

ipSRF3->CreateSpatialReference(4269, &ipSR1);//GCS_North_American_1983

ISpatialReference3Ptr(ipSR1)->putref_VerticalCoordinateSystem(ipVCS1);

ipSRF3->CreateSpatialReference(5070, &ipSR2);//NAD_1983_Contiguous_USA_Albers

ISpatialReference3Ptr(ipSR2)->putref_VerticalCoordinateSystem(ipVCS2);

IProjectedCoordinateSystemPtr ipPCS2(ipSR2);

IGeographicCoordinateSystemPtr ipGCS1(ipSR1), ipGCS2;

ipPCS2->get_GeographicCoordinateSystem(&ipGCS2);

IHVCompositeDatumTransformationEditorPtr ipEdit(CLSID_HVCompositeDatumTransformationEditor);

IHVDatumTransformationPtr ipHvdt;

ipEdit->SetSpatialReferences(ipGCS1, ipGCS2);

ipEdit->CreateHVDatumTransformation(PE_VT_NGVD29_TO_NAVD88_NAD83_ECW, &ipHvdt);//110011

ipEdit->Add(ipHvdt, esriTransformForward);

IHVCompositeDatumTransformationPtr ipHvcdt;

ipEdit->CreateNew(&ipHvcdt);

ITransformationPtr ipTransform = ipHvcdt;

IPointPtr ipPnt(CLSID_Point);

ipPnt->putref_SpatialReference(ipSR1);

ipPnt->PutCoords(4, 3);

IZAwarePtr(ipPnt)->put_ZAware(VARIANT_TRUE);

ipPnt->put_Z(5);

((IGeometry5Ptr)ipPnt)->ProjectEx5(ipSR2, esriTransformForward, ipTransform, VARIANT_FALSE, 0, 0, (long)esriProjectionHintDefault&(long)esriProjectionHintFindGeoTransformation);

double x, y, z;

ipPnt->QueryCoords(&x, &y);//10421841.071915826,3982079.5947264349

ipPnt->get_Z(&z);//1.5240030480060962

[Visual Basic .NET]

See Also

ISpatialReference3 Interface