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

[Bjarni Pjetursson]

The range is 0-90 (degrees). 
The projection must be "longitude/latitude" as far as I can tell in MapInfo.
/Bjarni

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> Fra:	Ian Turton [SMTP:i.turton at geography.leeds.ac.uk]
> Sendt:	16. april 2002 15:42
> Til:	Bjarni Pjetursson; 'Ma'
> Cc:	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Emne:	Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Can the map be stretched vertically?
> 
> At 12:12 PM 4/16/02, Bjarni Pjetursson wrote:
> >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?
> 
> The short answer is no I don't know what the projections are but the 
> mapserver one looks like a lat-long grid and looks the way I'd expect a
> map 
> of Europe to look.  Since I don't use mapinfo (and if thats how it
> displays 
> maps I guess I never will) I can't say what the default projection it uses
> 
> is. What sort of coordinates does your map have? are they in the range
> 0-90 
> or say 0-10000's?
> 
> Ian
> 
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