<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">I’m running MS4W v3.0 (including MapServer 5.6.5) on
Windows.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">My data source are PostGIS multipolygon countries’ borders.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">I have successfully got MapServer to render the world map in
WGS84 projection using these settings:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Request:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=world.map&amp;mode=map&amp;mapsize=256+256&amp;mapext=-180+-90+180+90">http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=world.map&amp;mode=map&amp;mapsize=256+256&amp;mapext=-180+-90+180+90</a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">world.map:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">MAP</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>EXTENT<span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>
<span style="mso-tab-count:1">               </span>-180 -90 180 90</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>#EXTENT<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">         </span>-20037508 -20037508 20037508 20037508</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>SIZE<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">           </span>256 256</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>IMAGECOLOR<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">     </span>153 179 204</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>FONTSET<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">       
</span>&quot;c:\MS4W\fonts\fonts.list&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>RESOLUTION<span style="mso-tab-count:1">    </span> 96</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>MAXSIZE<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span>5000</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>PROJECTION</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>&quot;init=epsg:4326&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>#&quot;init=epsg:3785&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>END</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">…</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">&lt;layers don’t have PROJECTION
sections&gt;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">I would like MapServer to render the same data into a “Web
(spherical) Mercator” projected map (epsg:3785), but I don&#39;t know how to modify
my request and mapfile in order to get the correct map.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">With the following settings I just receive a picture without
any polygons.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">\ms4w\proj\nad\epsg:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>…</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">&lt;3785&gt; +proj=merc +a=6378137
+b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m
+nadgrids=@null +wktext<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>+no_defs
&lt;&gt;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">…</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Request (only mapext is different): </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=world.map&amp;mode=map&amp;mapsize=256+256&amp;mapext=-180+-90+180+90">http://127.0.0.1:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=world.map&amp;mode=map&amp;mapsize=256+256&amp;mapext=-20037508+-20037508+20037508+20037508</a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">world.map (only EXTENT and PROJECTION are different):</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">MAP</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>#EXTENT<span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span> <span style="mso-tab-count:1">               </span>-180 -90 180 90</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>EXTENT<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">         </span>-20037508 -20037508
20037508 20037508</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>SIZE<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">           </span>256 256</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>IMAGECOLOR<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">     </span>153 179 204</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>FONTSET<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">       
</span>&quot;c:\MS4W\fonts\fonts.list&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>RESOLUTION<span style="mso-tab-count:1">    </span> 96</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>MAXSIZE<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span>5000</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>PROJECTION</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>#&quot;init=epsg:4326&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>&quot;init=epsg:3785&quot;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>END</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">…</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">&lt;layers don’t have PROJECTION
sections&gt;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">I’m assuming that -20037508 -20037508 20037508 20037508 is
correct extent for the whole world map, since Google uses that and they also have
Mercator projection.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Sergey</p>

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