[Mapserver-users] Projection help

[Kieran J. Ames]

List,
I've never had to project data (until now) and would like to ask for
some help in trying this out.
All my data are either internally created or derived from ArcView
StreetMaps.
The only information I include in my map file are the UNITS DD statement
at the top and the scalebar's UNITS MILES statements. I have no other
projection information included.
I'd like to include the Fish and Wildlife Service's wetlands polygons,
but they are projected in UTM, NAD 27, meters.
Could someone tell me how I could include these layers to match up to my
decimal degree data? I'd want to include wetlands (coastal waters) from
Maine to Virginia.

Sample working map file layer definitions follow.

Thanks,
Kieran

LAYER
  NAME "Background"
  TYPE Polygon
  STATUS DEFAULT
  DATA 'National/Backgrnd'
      CLASS
        COLOR 162 202 240 # OCEAN BLUE
     END  # CLASS
END  # LAYER

LAYER
  NAME "North-America"
  TYPE Polygon
  MINSCALE 18000000
  STATUS DEFAULT
  DATA 'National/North-America'
      CLASS
        Name 'North-America'
        COLOR 109 185 14
        OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
     END  # CLASS
END  # LAYER