[Proj] ESRI proj codes
Eric Miller
EMiller at dfg.ca.gov
Mon Sep 12 10:49:51 EST 2011
>>> On 9/8/2011 at 9:30 PM, Melita Kennedy <mkennedy2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:16:18 -0700
>>From: Eric Miller <EMiller at dfg.ca.gov>
>>Subject: Re: [Proj] ESRI proj codes
>>To: <proj at lists.maptools.org>
>>
>>ESRI documents the various codes in their online help. I'm not sure if there
> is a single place for all of them (outside the SDK header file pedef.h which
> is considered a "trade secret"). For instance, the C++ API has several
> projection related constants.
> Eric,
>
> The pedef.h file is not considered a trade secret! It used to be included in
> the online help for ArcSDE, but I believe we stopped that when the files got
> pretty large. It's not really enough information to build the PROJ tables.
> You would need access to the well-known text strings, or the PE library to get
> the parameters, unit, gcs, etc.
Well, it only says, "TRADE SECRETS: ESRI PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL" at the top of the file! I think most of the ArcSDE C SDK header files have that boilerplate. Lawyers!
Anyway, you're right that it is just a bunch of preprocessor #define constants and does not include the full definition. But, I thought the OP just wanted the codes...
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Eric G. Miller
Staff Programmer
CA Dept. of Fish & Game
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