[Mapserver-users] GIS Student help

[Dylan Keon]

George McCown wrote:
> I've Modified the itasca demo for My Georgia UTM 17 map.
> My boundary shape file will not show in the demo's extent.  
> I'm like to know how to find the extent I need for my shape files to fit.
> Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.  Thank You.

A couple of possibilities:

1) Open your shapefile in ArcView or ArcMap or another GIS package and 
determine the extent.

2) Download shapelib from http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/shapelib/ and 
use the shpdump utility.

--Dylan