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

[Bjarni Pjetursson]

Ma, 

I use the default projection in MapInfo (or maybe the projection, the map
was created with). There is perhaps 50 different projections to choose from
in my MapInfo, but neither one seems to change the projection like described
below.

Anyway, I wanted MapServer to show the map like MapInfo do - not the other
way 'round. Do you know a projection to specify in the map-file that can do
the trick?

/Bjarni

PS: I come from the database world - not the spatial world. Bare with me...
:-)

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:	Ma [SMTP:marin at here.is]
> Sendt:	16. april 2002 12:17
> Til:	Bjarni Pjetursson
> Cc:	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Emne:	Re: [mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?
> 
> and do you use the same map projection in MapInfo?
> 
> --
> 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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>