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Thiessen Polygons and Coordinate Projections

I am trying to perform a Thiessen Polygons analysis in ArcGIS 10. My DEM is in GGRS_1987 and the point set I downloaded from Google Earth is in WGS_1984. The points display correctly but when I run ...
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Transformation of user-defined projected coordinatesystems

I want to transform from one projected coordinate system (pcs) to another using ArcGIS 10. Unfortunatelly the starting system is not predefind by ESRI and thus I´m not sure the software is doing what ...
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How do I perform a 3 parameter geotransformation and projection in Sql Server 2012?

I have a table with latitude longitude (NAD27) columns in it. I compute two other columns, X and Y, representing Web Mercator (WGS84) location. Currently I'm using a Arcmap to do this, by applying ...
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Projection WGS 84 is slightly displaced referring to a hillshade in QGIS

I have a hillshade and a vector layer. The vector layer is slightly displaced referring the hillshade. About lat=100m and long=175m The CRS of the project is EPSG:3397 - PD/83 / Gauss-Kruger zone 4. ...
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Cartesian world sized projection WKT/EPSG code?

I am after the EPSG code or Well Known Text (WKT) of a projection that puts the centre of the earth a 0,0,0 and each point is a cartesian XYZ distance from that. My existing data is in WGS84 ...
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getting the specified geographic transformation, or at least the GCS, of a data frame

First, the TLDR digest: I'm getting a bogus value from dataFrame.geographicTransformations on some machines; how do I get the correct value as shown in the properties dialog? and/or Given a spatial ...
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Terrasolid - How to define spherical mercator (EPSG: 3857)

Im trying to define the srs EPSG 3857 inside Terrasolid sofware. I ran into a problem because the definition of the reference ellipsoid is given with a major axis and inverse flatening, not via both ...
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projection discrepancy with gdal (1.9) and proj4

I boiled the problem down to that python example: import sys try: from osgeo import gdal from osgeo import osr except: import gdal import osr if __name__ == '__main__': version_num = ...
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Howto change OpenLayers BBOX request projection?

My map uses EPSG:900913 projection on the map. All coördinates in the database are stored in the 'normal' google format / GPS coordinates (WGS84). For instance, if you save a new location..Before I ...
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How to setup leaflet map to display a WMS layer in ESRI:102012 projection?

I have a WMS server that serves layers in ESRI:102012 projection. http://spatialreference.org/ref/esri/102012/ It accepts GetMap requests with srs=EPSG:102012 parameter. My goal is to display a map ...
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Looking for formula for the Robinson projection

I'm looking for a source that describes how the Robinson projection is calculated. I'm going to use this for converting long/lat into Robinson coordinates in both R and in javascript.
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Python script to convert Lat Long to ITM (Irish Transverse Mercator)

I am currently working on a python script that converts Lat Long (WGS84) to ITM. The formulas used are based on a paper published by OSGB (Appendix B): ...
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Reprojecting non 4326 WMS image to spherical mercator

In OpenLayers, I'm trying to display a WMS overlay (EPSG:4269) from a server I don't have control over to a spherical mercator projection. Is there an equivalent to this: ...
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On the usage of Proj4Js->tmerc.js

I am using "proj4js & open layers" for my mapping. I got projection & datum (which is based on "Transverse Mercator") of a local plane and this plane is part of a grid which returns ...
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How do you pass parameters for Proj4js implementation with OpenLayers

I am using Proj4js along with OpenLayers for the transformation of x,y (projection type is Transverse Mercator) to long, lat. While executing "inverse()" method what I noticed that in tmerc.js some ...
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Mercator projection: problem with latitude formula

I'm trying to get the position of a coordinate on this map (source Wikipedia): If I'm correct than the formula for the position of the latitude would be: R * ln(tan(pi/4 + latitude / 2)) But ...
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Issues with defining projection to that of the current root file

I am creating a shp file with the extent of all the raster file in a set of directories and it works fine when all the rasters are in the same projection but not when they switch around. So I want to ...
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How to reproject spatial data using free libraries?

How can I use free libraries to transform spatial data? For example, I want to change the projection of a Shapefile within the code of my C# web application. How do I do that?
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How to reproject base layers in OpenLayers?

The issue is: I have vector/topo/image tiled maps for some places in north america which were published as ArcGIS Server REST service. These maps (A) are based in EPSG26912 projection. Now I wanna ...
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How to provide transform information to openlayers on Image layer

I would like to include an overlay raster layer into my OpenLayers map. I've pre-transformed the image into the correct projection (EPSG:900913) and saved as a png using the gdal_translate command: ...
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Access is Denied error on ProjectEx call

I need to be able to convert a lat/long coordinate into a point coordinate and am having trouble getting my code to work. I created a test app isloating the code that is giving me problems. I'm ...
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Converting Lambert Conformal Conic to WGS84 using Proj.4

I am attempting to transform data from Lambert Conformal Conic lat/long and I am having some issues with the results. The shapefile I am attemtping to transform can be found here: ...
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How can I transform GCS_North_American_1983 to GCS_WGS_1984?

I posted a thread today describing a shift in some of the NRC data (not all). Apparently, this shift has to do with conversion between Geographic coordinates, latitude and longitude and Transverse ...
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Why are the coordinates transformed with proj.4 off compared to http://valdemar.kms.dk/trf/?

I am trying to transform from epsg:4326 (wgs84) to epsg:25832 (utm ETRS89) using Proj.4. I am comparing the results with results from http://valdemar.kms.dk/trf/ . it seems like the results ...
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Is a WMS map always a constant scale?

If I get a map back from a WMS server is the scale always constant over them map regardless of the reference system? So if I have a map which is 100 pixels wide, will the point at 50 pixels always ...
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Which ESRI defined geographic transformation do I need to use to convert my “ NAD83 Northern Virginia” data into WGS 1984 Web Mercator?

My title pretty much tells it all.. I have a number of datasets in which I want to batch project from NAD83 Northern Virginia Datum into the correct Web Mercator projection.. When I do a straight ...
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Where can I find GIS data to test GIS coordinate operations?

I am trying to find some data that can be used to test GIS coordinate operations from one CRS to another CRS. So far all I have found is the Gold Data set and also various example points in the EPSG ...
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How to convert coordinates from Gauss-Krueger to Longitude/Latitude?

I'm a newbie in the GIS world so please advise me :) In my .NET/C# project I need to show some shapes/points on the Bing Map. The problem is I have the Gauss-Krueger coordinates and need to convert ...