How To: Project images using ArcObjects sample code

Summary

Images can be projected from one coordinate system to another and saved to one of the three output formats using the following sample script. Note: this script is provided as is and is not supported by ESRI Technical Support.

Procedure

1. Start ArcMap.
2. Open the Visual Basic Editor.
   
   
   In ArcMap, select Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor.
   
   
3. In the Project Explorer window, expand Project.mxt and select ArcMap Objects > ThisDocument. Right-click and click View Code.
   
   

   Note:
   Code in the ThisDocument code module will only run in the current map document. To store the code in all your map documents, open the Normal.mxt ThisDocument code module.

   
   
4. Copy the following code into the code module:
   
   Public Sub ProjectThisImage()
   
   ' Instantiate a WorkspaceFactory object.
   Dim pWrkFac As IWorkspaceFactory
   Set pWrkFac = New RasterWorkspaceFactory
   
   ' Initialize and set the path to the Raster Workspace.
   Dim strPath As String
   strPath = "c:\temp"
   
   ' Open the raster workspace.
   Dim pRasterWorkspace As IRasterWorkspace
   Set pRasterWorkspace = pWrkFac.OpenFromFile(strPath, 0)
   
   ' Initialize and set the name of the input image.
   Dim strInName As String
   strInName = "myimage.tif"
   
   ' Open the raster dataset.
   Dim pRasterDataset As IRasterDataset
   Set pRasterDataset = pRasterWorkspace.OpenRasterDataset(strInName)
   
   ' Change from RasterDataset to RasterLayer.
   Dim pRasterLayer As IRasterLayer
   Set pRasterLayer = New RasterLayer
   pRasterLayer.CreateFromDataset pRasterDataset
   
   ' Instantiate the raster from the raster layer.
   Dim pRaster As IRaster
   Set pRaster = pRasterLayer.Raster
   
   Dim pRasterProps As IRasterProps
   Set pRasterProps = pRaster
   
   ' QI from IRaster to IRasterProps
   Set pRasterProps = pRaster
   
   ' Get the current cell size.
   Dim pCell As IPoint
   Set pCell = New Point
   pCell.X = pRasterProps.MeanCellSize.X
   pCell.Y = pRasterProps.MeanCellSize.Y
   
   ' Create a new raster geometry process.
   Dim pRasGeoProc As IRasterGeometryProc
   Set pRasGeoProc = New RasterGeometryProc
   
   ' Set the spatial reference to UTM, Zone 18N, NAD83.
   Dim pSpatRefFac As ISpatialReferenceFactory2
   Set pSpatRefFac = New SpatialReferenceEnvironment
   Dim pSpatRef As ISpatialReference
   Set pSpatRef = pSpatRefFac.CreateProjectedCoordinateSystem(esriSRProjCS_NAD1983UTM_18N)
   
   ' Project the image to the new spatial reference.
   pRasGeoProc.ProjectFast pSpatRef, RSP_NearestNeighbor, , pRaster
   'pRasGeoProc.ProjectFast pSpatRef, RSP_NearestNeighbor, pCell, pRaster
   
   ' Instantiate a new Raster Band Collection.
   Dim pRasterBandCollection As IRasterBandCollection
   Set pRasterBandCollection = pRaster
   
   ' Set the new image name.
   Dim strOutName As String
   strOutName = "mynewimage.tif"
   
   ' Set the output raster type.
   Dim strOutType As String
   strOutType = "TIFF"
   'NOTE: This can be one of three types: "TIFF", "GRID", or "IMAGINE Image";
   'the extension on the file should be changed accordingly.
   
   ' Save the projected raster to the new name.
   pRasterBandCollection.SaveAs strOutName, pRasterWorkspace, strOutType
   
   'Clean the objects out of memory.
   Set pWrkFac = Nothing
   Set pRasterWorkspace = Nothing
   Set pRasterDataset = Nothing
   Set pRaster = Nothing
   Set pRasterProps = Nothing
   Set pCell = Nothing
   Set pRasGeoProc = Nothing
   Set pSpatRefFac = Nothing
   Set pSpatRef = Nothing
   Set pRasterBandCollection = Nothing
   
   End Sub
   
5. Close the Visual Basic Editor.
6. Run the code.
   
   
   A. Click Tools > Macros > Macros to display the Macros dialog box.
   B. Select a macro and click Run.
   
   

Related Information

• Technical articles concerning projecting raster data in ArcGIS

Last Published: 5/5/2016

Article ID: 000004509