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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Hello,</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I have just started working with MapServer and MapScript. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I would really appreciate any help!</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I tried to create a point on the map using GMap Demo. My point is
presented by latlong coordinates. Below is the code.</span></font></p>
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12.0pt">$map = ms_newMapObj($map_path."mymap.map");</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $daLayer = ms_newLayerObj($map);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $daLayer->set("type", MS_LAYER_POINT);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt">$daLayer->set("status", MS_ON);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> $class = ms_newClassObj($daLayer);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> $style = ms_newStyleObj($class);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $style->color->setRGB(255,0,0);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> $style->set("symbolname", "circle");</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $style->set("size", 10);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$my_point = ms_newpointObj();</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$my_point->setXY(45.322500,-75.669167);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> $image=$map->draw();</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> $my_point->draw( $map, $daLayer, $image, 0, "Point"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $image_url=$image->saveWebImage();</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The point is shown on the map, but in the wrong place. I understand
that it is probably because the projection is wrong.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">How to find out which projection is used in the map file?</span></font></p>
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12.0pt">EXTENT -2200000 -712631 3072800 3840000</span></font></p>
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