[Mapserver-users] Can't seem to get the projection correct

Richard Greenwood Rich at GreenwoodMap.com
Tue Feb 18 09:41:13 PST 2003


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At 10:51 AM 2/18/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Well, perhaps MapInfo is lying to me, but it says the projection I am after
>*is* latlong.  It says:  "Latitude/Longitude (NAD 27 for the Continental
>US)"

Did you get that from MapInfo > Table > Maintenance > Projection? Or from 
MapInfo > Map > Options > Projection? The first method will tell you what 
that specific table's projection is, but in the second case, MapInfo may 
"lie" to you because it reprojects tables to the projection of the current 
map window.

Rich


Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
Greenwood Mapping, Inc.
Rich at GreenwoodMap.com
(307) 733-0203
http://www.GreenwoodMap.com 

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