[mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?

[Ma]

and do you use the same map projection in MapInfo?

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Ma




Bjarni Pjetursson wrote:

> I've taken a tab-file from MapInfo, saved it as a shp-file, and put it into
> MapServer.
>
> In MapInfo the map is square but when displaying the same map in MapServer
> the map is rectangle. The height of the map has halfed. Why is that?
>
> It seems that different companies have different idears as to how to display
> GIS data. I tried Geographic Explorer from Blue Marble Software (freeware),
> and it showed the map like MapServer do. Actually, I can only get MapInfo to
> show the map square.
>
> My customer has gotten used to the way MapInfo shows the map. Can I make
> MapServer show the map the same way?
>
> You can see the two different maps here:
> http://www.dynameks.com/cwu-btp/mapserv
> Image 1 is from MapInfo and Image 2 is from MapServer.
>
> Regards
> Bjarni Thor Pjetursson

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