distorted map

[joanvp]

Hi Cliff!

For Spain projection, I would use a Projected
coordinate system as European Datum 1950 UTM Zone
30N.prj (Spain is divided in 3 zones 29, 30 and 31),
so zone 30 is the best for the whole Spain.

I don’t know if this answer your question.

--- Cliff Wang <swang49 at UWO.CA> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I wanted to display a map of spain using MapServer,
> but got somewhat distorted
> map. The map is exported from MapInfo with shapefile
> format. I figure I might
> be the projection problem, but I don't know anything
> about projection. I tried
> some different parameters, but they didn't work. The
> Information about the
> shapefile is as follows:
>
> "INFO: Open of `Spain_Regions_region.shp'
> using driver `ESRI Shapefile' successful.
>
> Layer name: Spain_Regions_region
> Geometry: Polygon
> Feature Count: 70
> Extent: (-9.596133, 35.936264) - (4.406813,
> 43.761193)
> Layer SRS WKT:
> GEOGCS["Lat Long for MAPINFO type 0 Datum ",
>     DATUM["MAPINFO",
>         SPHEROID["World Geodetic System of
> 1984",6378137,298.257222932867]],
>     PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
>     UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
> DISTRICT: String (20.0)
> OGRFeature(Spain_Regions_region):0
>   DISTRICT (String) = Álava"
>
> Can anybody tell me what parameters do I need to use
> for projection, or if it is
> cased by other problem? Thank you very much.
>
> Cliff
>





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