[Mapserver-users] help with Projections

Tue Jul 1 15:02:01 EDT 2003

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Hello-

I am looking for some examples on how to use "projections" with
Mapserver. I am by no means a GIS guru, nor do I fully understand
"projections", I just know that my maps that I am creating (
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wwamaps/ ) are being compressed and have a
"squished" looked to them, and I was told I need to "project" my data
differently. So I'm hoping to find some pretty simple examples I can
look at and learn from.

I am looking to use "Ellipsoidal Mercator" as a projection, if that
helps any.

If I need to provide more data, please let me know and I can. I just
don't know where to start with this, so any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

--
Dan Arnold
Webmaster
National Weather Service
Central Region Headquarters
dan.arnold at noaa.gov
816.891.7734 x486

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<P align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2>--<BR>Dan Arnold<BR>Webmaster<BR>National =
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