[mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 55 - SwitchfromPROJ4toCS-Mapcoordinate system library

[Traian Stanev]

Yes, I think this is the cause of the problem with unrecognized coordinate systems when using Studio against MapGuide OpenSource server. That is actually why I suggested the reverse test -- I'd bet a beer that it would be in favor of CSMap.


Traian



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-
> internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:05 PM
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 55 -
> SwitchfromPROJ4toCS-Mapcoordinate system library
>
> Traian (who has an odd idea of fun) wrote:
> ---------------
> Also, everyone should remember that if you are using Mapguide Studio,
> you are using CSMap/Mentor already.
> ---------------
>
> Hmm...
>
> I didn't realize that; I was under the impression that Studio was
> calling the server to get the categories and codes, but apparently not.
> This should mitigate the problem considerably; I think it means that
> the
> WKT getting stored in the MapGuide repository is generated by CS-Map
> and, as such, would be more likely to get mapped back to CS-Map
> correctly :)
>
> I wonder if this is the cause of the problems some users are having
> with
> unsupported coordinate systems; perhaps they are setting WKT from CS-
> Map
> that is not being recognized by PROJ.4 on the server side.
>
> Jason
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