To project a coverage in ArcToolbox (or project a file of coordinates, eg in ArcInfo Workstation 10.0), one needs a workstation-style prj file. How would I create such a file using the new datums such as WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983? What would be the syntax of the DATUM line (the region of analysis is western North America)? Currently I am converting the coordinate file to a coverage via generate, then to a shapefile, the reprojecting, backconverting to a coverage, and ungenerating, which adds a lots of steps to what is a quick process using the older datums in ArcInfo Workstation (project file input.txt output.txt projection.prj).
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