Creates a predefined geographic coordinate system.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Function CreateGeographicCoordinateSystem(
    ByVal gcsType As Long _
) As IGeographicCoordinateSystem

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateGeographicCoordinateSystem ( _
    ByVal gcsType As Integer _
) As IGeographicCoordinateSystem

[C#]
public IGeographicCoordinateSystem CreateGeographicCoordinateSystem (
    int gcsType
);

[Java]
public IGeographicCoordinateSystem createGeographicCoordinateSystem (
    int gcsType
)
throws
    IOException,
    AutomationException

[C++]
HRESULT CreateGeographicCoordinateSystem(
  long gcsType,
  IGeographicCoordinateSystem** gcs
);

Product Availability

Description

Use an element from the esriSRGeoCSType, esriSRGeoCS2Type, or esriSRGeoCS3Type enumerations as the gcsType to create a particular predefined geographic coordinate system.

Remarks

The example code shows how to create an object that represents the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system.

See Also

ISpatialReferenceFactory Interface | esriSRGeoCSType Constants | esriSRGeoCS2Type Constants | esriSRGeoCS3Type Constants

Example

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