[mapserver-dev] Reprojecting rectangles crossing datelines

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Frank,

Thank you for the link to your blog. Adding +over to my epsg:900913 
solved all the polygon wrapping issues that have been driving me nuts! 
This is a great find!

Thanks,
   -Steve W

On 2/9/2010 1:35 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have incorporated a change in mapproject.c to reproject rectangles
> as if they were polygons (r9786) in order to take advantage of the 
> dateline
> wrapping logic available for polygons.  I consider this a high risk 
> change,
> and would suggest people keep an eye out for issues it might cause - 
> they can
> be noted in http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3179.
>
> I have also written about some of my recent world mapping travails and
> discover of the very useful +over switch for PROJ.4 on my blog:
>
>   http://fwarmerdam.blogspot.com/2010/02/world-mapping.html
>
> Best regards,