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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Converted to CW because this is really a "list of X" question.– whuberAug 11, 2011 at 14:56
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2at bit late now as the CW horse is out the gate already, but if answerers paid more attention to the "how do I do that?" part of the Q it wouldn't be just a "list of X".– matt wilkieAug 30, 2011 at 22:02
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Let's try to make this a great question with great answers.– underdark ♦Aug 30, 2011 at 22:18
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You can try the DotSpatial.Projections library.
The website lists an example "Converting from a Geographic Coordinate System to a Projected Coordinate System":
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DotSpatial.Projections;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Sets up a array to contain the x and y coordinates
double[] xy = new double[2];
xy[0] = 0;
xy[1] = 0;
//An array for the z coordinate
double[] z = new double[1];
z[0] = 1;
//Defines the starting coordiante system
ProjectionInfo pStart = KnownCoordinateSystems.Geographic.World.WGS1984;
//Defines the ending coordiante system
ProjectionInfo pEnd = KnownCoordinateSystems.Projected.NorthAmerica.USAContiguousLambertConformalConic;
//Calls the reproject function that will transform the input location to the output locaiton
Reproject.ReprojectPoints(xy, z, pStart, pEnd, 0, 1);
Interaction.MsgBox("The points have been reporjected.");
}
}
}
There is also GDAL/OGR: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInCsharp The page looks quite old, I'm not sure if the bindings are up to date.
I was a bit surprised nobody mentioned proj.4 and shapelib. Although both are C projects, C# bindings have been made (or you could just p/invoke them).