[Mapserver-users] scale query

[Mills, Daniel]

if i change map units to DD i get 5249704.8  What does this figure actually
mean??

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: FX Gamoy [mailto:fx.gamoy at mapxplore.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 14:14
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] scale query


hello
if u are using latlong, try setting units to DD
fx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mills, Daniel" <Mills_D at wrcplc.co.uk>
To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: [Mapserver-users] scale query


> Hi,
>
> I am querying map->sclae and getting back funny results.  Can anybody
help.
>
> i am using mapserver 4.2 with mapscript. When i zoom to the extents of the
> uk (-7.000 49.000 3.000 59.000) i get a scale of 47.24412.  I have set my
> map projection to lat/long, the data is held in Oracle Spatial SRID=null.
> map units have been set to METERS.  I have set all of my layers to
lat/long
> and units m.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas as to why this is the case?
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
>
>
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