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

[Bjarni Pjetursson]

It displays the same using OGR.
/Bjarni

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:	Lowell.Filak [SMTP:lfilak at medinaco.org]
> Sendt:	16. april 2002 14:09
> Til:	Bjarni Pjetursson
> Cc:	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Emne:	Re: [mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?
> 
> If you happened to compile mapserver using --with-ogr you can use the OGR
> libraries to access the TAB file directly which should point to out any
> errors in the coversion to shape.
> Lowell F.
> 
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, 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
> >