[mapserver-users] Shapefile and coordinate systems

[Tomas Kaminskas]

Thanks, so is there a solution: I have europe map in .shp format, and I need to find some points here, when I know there coordinates in lat/lon format. If yes, please describe it how to do this.
Thanks a lot!
Tomas

----- Original Message -----
From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2002 6:46 pm
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Shapefile and coordinate systems

> Tomas,
> 
>  ESRI's original shapefile specification does not call for storing 
> thedefinition of the coordinate system anywhere, so you have to 
> know by some
> other means (a metadata file? a sticky note?).
> 
>    A couple of years ago ESRI introduced a .prj file to define the
> coordinate system of the shapefile (for example, ArcView 3.2 can 
> use a .prj
> file), but it is optional and a lot of data in shapefile format 
> does not
> include it.
> 
> Brent Fraser
> GeoAnalytic Inc.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tomas Kaminskas" <tomka849 at student.liu.se>
> To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:58 AM
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Shapefile and coordinate systems
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > maybe this is not a right place to post this message, but I'm 
> really stuck
> with this problem. How shapefiles manage coordinates, how can I 
> find in what
> coordinate system is my concrete shapefile?
> > I'm weak in this area, so any help needed!
> > Tomas.
> >
> 
>