Map file: EXTENT

[Berend Veldkamp]

Well, that depends on the units of your shapefile. If those are meters, then the
extent will also be in meters. IOW, they are the same.

HTH, Berend

Sean O'Hagan wrote:

> Just starting to work with MapServer. Successfully compiled the source in NT
> thanks to all the existing helpful postings.
>
> I've got a question about the Map file structure, specifically the EXTENT
> line. The sample file shows numbers such as 481093.000000 4969319.036682
> 502271.000000 4997508.3073184; are these values in meters? And if so meters
> from what?
>
> Can someone give me a clue in this? Thanks in advance,

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