[Mapserver-users] Extent & Projection for Germany

Bo Nintzel nintzel at geod.tu-darmstadt.de
Wed Apr 14 04:11:26 EDT 2004


Hello list,
I'am using Mapserver for the first time and I've got problems how to 
fill in the projection and extent for a Shape-File:
My shapefile is named "Ortslage_region.shp" (It's an ESRI-File).
With Shpinfo I get the following Information:

Type         : Polygon
Elements     : 3
Frame        : 3464327.051 / 5528971.218  -  3468422.819 / 5533160.109
Max. Parts   : 2
Max. Points  : 47
Datastructure:
ORTSLAGE C  33.0      Klein-Gerau
GEMSCHL³SS C   6.0      30

This is my map-file:

MAP
  IMAGETYPE      PNG
  #EXTENT         201621.496941 -294488.285333 1425518.020722 498254.511514
  EXTENT     3464327 5528971 3468422 5533160
  SIZE           410 420
  SHAPEPATH      "test"
  IMAGECOLOR     200 255 255

  PROJECTION
    "proj=tmerc"
    "ellps=bessel"
    "lat_0=9d0E"
    "lon_0=0"
    "x_0=500000"
    "no_defs<>"
  #
  # Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
  # "init=epsg:2163"
  #
  END

  # Start of LAYER DEFINITIONS ---------------------------------------------
  LAYER # States polygon layer begins here
    NAME         Ortslage
    DATA         Ortslage_region
    STATUS       DEFAULT
    TYPE         POLYGON

    PROJECTION
      #"init=epsg:4326"
      "proj=tmerc"
      "ellps=bessel"
      "lat_0=9d0E"
      "lon_0=0"
      "x_0=500000"
      "no_defs<>"
    END

    CLASS
      COLOR        200 200 200
      OUTLINECOLOR 32 32 32
    END
  END # States polygon layer ends here
  # End of LAYER DEFINITIONS -------------------------------

END # end of map file/object


I just get an emty Image with the Background-Color when I call
"http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/web/apache2/htdocs/tutorial/test.map&mode=map"

I'am shure the problem is the Projection or the EXTENT or both. Does 
anyone know how to fill in these parts correctly?
Greetings from Germany
Bo Nintzel




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