[Mapserver-users] Set map scale rather than extent

[Doug]

Anyone?

Doug wrote:

>  From PHP-Mapscript, how would you specify a Map's scale in miles, 
> rather than extent in coordinates?  We want to specify, ideally, a 
> center point, then something like "show me a mile on each side this 
> point".  In some of the archives I see references to specifying a 
> "buffer" region, but I can't find that capability, nor the ability to 
> translated geo coordinates to distance measurements.
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug