[Mapserver-users] Off center world maps (was: PERL mapscript polygon shapefile creation)

[Jan Hartmann]

Joe,

I put a question about this on the list about a year ago 
(http://lists.dmsolutions.ca/pipermail/mapserver-users/2002-March/001113.html).
There has been a posting from Steve Lime 
(http://lists.dmsolutions.ca/pipermail/mapserver-users/2002-August/174115.html), 
  and Frank Warmerdam put an extensive review in BugZilla: 
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15 , end of 2001).

It seems to be a tough problem, and AFAIK it has not been solved yet.

Jan

Joe Bussell wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.  I actually had a few other bits wrong as well.  I 
> am still having some difficulties.  I am attempting to paint an aircraft 
> navigational zone which spans the international dateline.  The resultant 
> rendering is fractured.  One possibility would be to split it into 
> multiple polygons.  This seems cumbersome at best and could potentially 
> generate many polygons if there are complex structures along 180 degree 
> longitude.
> 
> Has anyone created a workaround for this?  Any ideas?
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Joe Bussell
> On Time Systems
> 
> 
Jan Hartmann
Department of Geography
University of Amsterdam
jhart at frw.uva.nl