ISpatialReferenceFactory3.CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfoFromPRJFile Method

Creates a spatial reference from a PRJ file.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfoFromPRJFile ( _
    ByVal prjFile As String _
) As ISpatialReferenceInfo

[C#]
public ISpatialReferenceInfo CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfoFromPRJFile (
    string prjFile
);

[C++]
HRESULT CreateESRISpatialReferenceInfoFromPRJFile(
  BSTR prjFile
);

[C++]
Parameters
prjFile 

  prjFile is a parameter of type BSTR

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Description

Creates a spatial reference from a file that contains the well-known text version. Below is an example of a WKT version that contains both geographic and vertical coordinate systems. WKT is always a single line, but the sample is broken into several lines to make it easier to read.

GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",
  SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.9786982]],
  PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
VERTCS["NAVD_1988",VDATUM["North_American_Vertical_Datum_1988"],
  PARAMETER["Vertical_Shift",0.0],PARAMETER["Direction",1.0],
  UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

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