Hi Scott, Just noticed this older question... did you get it sorted out? There are a number of foot units available in FME:
Foot - U.S. Survey Feet IFoot - International Feet ClarkeFoot - Clarke Feet SearsFoot - Sears Feet GoldCoastFoot - Gold Coast Feet For ArcGIS users: The unit called "FOOT" in ArcGIS is comparible to the IFoot (or International Foot) in FME, with a value of 0.3048m. The FME "Foot" (US Survey Foot) is known as FOOT_US in ArcGIS. I suspect that UTM83-18F maps to the US foot automatically because that's the official ESRI definition - which means it's strange that ArcMap doesn't recognize it. I'd suggest trying a custom definition using IFoot as the unit instead of Foot. Hope this is useful Mark --- In [email protected], "Cifelli, Scott T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having an issue with FME's definition of a UTM projection, > specifically UTM83-18F, when translating data to/from an ESRI SDE > database. The issue is that FME is setting the Linear Unit to "Foot_US" > instead of just "Foot" (at least that is how it is being set in ESRI). > There is a slight difference in the unit between these two, but more > importantly ArcMAP is not recognizing the projection when the Foot_US is > used and is setting the Map and Display units to Unknown. > > Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to force FME to use > the Foot unit when going to an ESRI format? > > I'm using FME 2006 GB, build 2651 and the ESRI apps (including SDE) are > at version 9.1, SP1. > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it, are confidential to National Grid and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to this message and let the sender know. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
