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In the Administrator Message Console, when an ArcMap Service is created using a map with an unknown coordinate system the following error message may appear:ArcIMS 4.0, 4.0.1:
"Coordinate system for the dataframe Layers is unknown"ArcIMS 9.0:
"[WRN0509]Coordinate system for dataframe Layers is unknown."The service is created but there may be limitations. It may not be possible to identify or select features. Also, formatted text saved in a geodatabase may be incorrect.
ArcGIS robustly handles ArcMap documents that are not in a known coordinate system. However, ArcMap Server is not as robust. Serving maps without a known coordinate system will limit client functionality. Clients viewing such services will be unable to identify or select features.
Article ID:000005118
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