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How can I reproject lat/long coordinate system to meters in FME?

J

Hello people, @tijsmos

I am working on a shape file and I need to create a buffer zone of 5000 meters around a specific route. My coordinate system is lat/long. I have learned that before using the transformer bufferer, I need to reproject the data to meters. Since I am using the extension of FME in ArcMap, I do not have access to geographic bufferer. I am new to the environment of GIS and FME. My very act of using the transformer reprojector also is not giving the result. What wrong would I be doing?

Could someone help me out of this situation?

Thanks and regards,

Joyson.

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takashi
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  • takashiInfluencer
  • July 17, 2016

Hi @joyson, this procedure emulates the internal process of the GeographicBufferer.

  1. CoordinateSystemExtractor: Extract current coordinate system name as an attribute.
  2. Reprojector: Transform the source features into an appropriate coordinate system. e.g. "_AZMED_" (Dynamic Reprojection Equal Distance)
  3. Bufferer: Create buffers.
  4. Reprojector: Transform the buffers into the original coordinate system.
  5. CoordinateSystemSetter: Restore the original coordinate system setting.
J
  • joyson
  • Author
  • July 20, 2016

That was helpful. Thanks a lot Takashi.

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