[mapserver-users] Re: Mapserver Projection Errors

[Ben Madin]

Paul,

is the +towgs necessary here?

couldn't it just be :

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs 

(this is taken from http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326/)

cheers

Ben


On 20/10/2011, at 7:24 AM, mapserver-users-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> From: SixDegrees <paulcarlisle at comcast.net>
> Date: 20 October 2011 6:54:44 AM AWST
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Re: Mapserver Projection Errors
> 
> 
> I won't have access to the files for a couple of days, but the original post
> contains most of the information needed to show the problem. The first
> PROJECTION block is equivalent to epsg:4326; I believe if you create a
> mapfile with two layers configured for WMS, one using
> 
>   PROJECTION
>      "+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +no_defs"
>   END 
> 
> and the other using
> 
>   PROJECTION
>      "init=epsg:4326"
>   END 
> 
> you will see 1 error in the mapserver error log generated by the first case
> when a GetCapabilities request is made, but none by the second.
> 
> I will send along an actual sample when I have access again.