[mapserver-users] What's wrong with this string?

[Lyndon Zimmermann]

Steve,

Bingo!  Thanks.

Thanks also Erwin, I had found that one (<input type="hidden"
name="imgext" value="[mapext]">) myself but otherwise it would have been
a vital clue.

Lyndon Z

Steve Lime wrote:
> 
> Imgext is only used to describe an existing image displayed by mapserver
> and needs x,y coordinates (in image units) to be useful. I think what
> you want to use mapext instead. Mapext refers to the extent of the map
> to be created and is the standard way to initialize an application.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
> 
> Minnesota DNR
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> St. Paul, MN 55155
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> >>> Lyndon Zimmermann <lyndon.zimmermann at adelaide.edu.au> 02/19/02 21:55
> PM >>>
> I'm reworking an enquiry front end, and currently generate an initiate
> string:
> 
> http://sg211.gisca.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/mapserv/mapserv?map=..%2Fhtdocs%2Fau_afs_mapserver%2Fau_afs_nojava.map&mode=browse&layer=state_boundaries&zoomsize=2&imgext=855342.0+-4343315.0+1458169.0+-3768371.0&resources=infield&pop=999&roads=999&elec=999
> 
> It appears to ignore the imgext, and just uses the defaults.  Any
> clues?  The values are an Albers projection, I obtained by zooming to my
> region of interest and copying the command string that produced it.
> 
> Lyndon Zimmermann
> 
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Lyndon Zimmermann
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LOW RAINFALL AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH UNIT
Affiliated with the CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity

University of Adelaide Department of Agronomy and Farming Systems
Physical address: Hannaford Building (via Gate 3) Waite Campus, South
Australia
Postal: Adelaide University, PMB1 Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
Dir (Soil and Water) +61-8-8303 6571 Mob 0414 91 4577
Fax +61-8-8303 6717 email lyndon.zimmermann at adelaide.edu.au

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