Summary
The Describe function returns the following properties for projection files.
For a projection file, the Describe dataType property returns a value of "PrjFile".
Properties
Property | Explanation | Data Type |
spatialReference (Read Only) | The SpatialReference class instance of the projection file. | SpatialReference |
Code sample
The following stand-alone script displays some SpatialReference class properties for a projection file:
import arcpy
# Create a Describe Object from a prj file.
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:\data\mexico.prj")
# Print some properties of the SpatialReference class object.
#
SR = desc.spatialReference
print("Name: " + SR.name)
print("Type: " + SR.type)
print("isHighPrecision: " + str(SR.isHighPrecision))
print("scaleFactor: " + str(SR.scaleFactor))