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

[Bjarni Pjetursson]

(I'm very impressed with all the good advise to my problem - thanks guys!)

Pericles,
I will try the below. But I'm more interested in getting the same view as
MapInfo into MapServer. Everybody I talk to seems to think that MapInfo's
(stretched) version looks more accurate - including my customer. Hmmm....

/Bjarni


> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:	Pericles S. Nacionales [SMTP:pnaciona at gis.umn.edu]
> Sendt:	16. april 2002 14:17
> Til:	Bjarni Pjetursson; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Emne:	RE: [mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?
> 
> It looks like MapInfo stretches the data to fit a square view...  at
> least from the way the images look.  Of course, I'm assuming geographic
> projection. :)  Do you happen to know what the default projection in
> MapInfo is?  Perhaps you can reproject it to something like Lambert
> Azimuthal Equal-Area, with a central meridian that crosses Scotland and
> Denmark (?) and a reference latitude that passes between Iceland and
> Ireland.  I'm guessing somewhere between -11 and -12 for the meridian
> and 56 and 57 for latitude.
> 
> If you reproject, remember to give your map extent in meters.
> 
> Good luck!
> -Perry N.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Bjarni
> Pjetursson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:39 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?
> 
> 
> 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