[Mapserver-users] UTM and 10TM

[Chris Storozuk]

Thanks Paul,

Do you know if there is a definition to 10TM for my Alberta input layers? I
have not been able to find one (in the Proj folder) - do I need to generate
it myself?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Ramsey" <pramsey at refractions.net>
To: "Chris Storozuk" <cstorozuk at shaw.ca>
Cc: "mapserver-users" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] UTM and 10TM


> Chris Storozuk wrote:
>
> > Dear Western Canada users,
> >
> > My application spans 2 provinces, Alberta and BC. Our data for Alberta
> > is in 10TM, which is a custom projection to cover all of the province,
> > and for BC it is in UTM.
> >
> > When a user looks at a border area, how can I display data from both
> > datasets at the same time, or can I? Would this require using projection
> > items, and then trying to project one to the other?
>
> Yes, you will declare a projection under the MAP object, and that will
> be the output projection. THen you'll define a projection for each
> layer, and those will be the input projections of the data being read.
> Mapserver will convert the incoming data to the output projection, then
> render the output image, so the data will end up nicely integrated.
>
> Paul
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Storozuk
> >
>
>
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