MapServer Spatial Extent

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ryan Ollerenshaw wrote:
> Extent: (-180.000183, -90.000000) - (180.000000, 83.623032)
> Layer SRS WKT:
> PROJCS["WGS_360",
>    GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
>        DATUM["WGS_1984",
>            SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
>        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>        UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>    PROJECTION["Cylindrical_Equal_Area"],
>    PARAMETER["False_Easting",-180.0],
>    PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
>    PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",180.0],
>    PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],
>    UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Ryan,

Could you email me the actual .prj file associated with this shapefile?
The above WKT seems like gobblygook to me.  It seems to be expressing
projection parameters in decimal degrees when they ought to be in meters.

Best regards,
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