ISpatialReferenceFactory3.CreateVerticalCoordinateSystemFromESRISpatialReference Method

Creates a vertical coordinate system from its string format.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateVerticalCoordinateSystemFromESRISpatialReference ( _
    ByVal srInfo As String _
) As IVerticalCoordinateSystem

[C#]
public IVerticalCoordinateSystem CreateVerticalCoordinateSystemFromESRISpatialReference (
    string srInfo
);

[C++]
HRESULT CreateVerticalCoordinateSystemFromESRISpatialReference(
  BSTR srInfo,
  IVerticalCoordinateSystem** vcs
);

[C++]
Parameters
srInfo 
  srInfo is a parameter of type BSTR
vcs [out, retval]
  vcs is a parameter of type IVerticalCoordinateSystem

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Description

Creates a vertical coordinate system object from the well-known text (WKT) version of a spatial reference. An example of a WKT string that contains geographic and vertical coordinate systems is below. The string 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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