[Mapserver-users] OT--Is anybody else getting these messages?

[Kieran J. Ames]

Yes... I've been getting many. Our anti-virus software is catching them with the
following output:

Subject:         [Mapserver-users] Protected message
   Date:         Thu, 13 May 2004 07:12:55 -0600
   From:        "Steve.lime" <steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us>
     To:         "Mapserver-users" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>

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Potential Virus Alert! The file(s) attached to
this email has been quarantined. If you need the attachment, please contact the
Enterprise Service Desk

Kieran

P Wilkerson wrote:

> I've noticed that I've received a number of e-mails from
> steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us with suspicious looking attachments with no
> information about Mapserver.  Are these valid e-mails or the result of some
> virus or worm?
>
> Also, this re-introduces a suggestion I read by another member of this list.
> Would the administrators consider hiding people's e-mails when messages are
> posted?  I've noticed more "extraneous" e-mails since joining this list.
> Nothing conclusive to point to this list, just seems more than a
> coincidence.
>
> Peter Wilkerson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Agneta Schick" <schick at sdac.hannover.bgr.de>
> To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:59 AM
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] proj4 and mapserver
>
> > Dear reader,
> >
> > I'm trying to display a layer of symbols which are lat/long coordinates
> (from
> > shape files) on a map in winkel tripel projection (generated by GMT).
> > My problem is when I DO NOT specify "projection latlong" in the map file
> for
> > the layer with symbols, the symbols are displayed but, of course, in the
> > wrong place and when I specify "projection latlong" the symbols are not
> > displayed at all. I assume that my specifications for the winkel tripel
> > projection are not correct/complete.
> >
> > Using "proj -l=wintri" I get
> >    wintri : Winkel Tripel
> >         Misc Sph
> >         lat_1
> >
> > Does this mean that "lat_1" is the only information I need supply for the
> > projection definition aside from "proj=wintri"?
> >
> > I've defined the map extents as -140 -90 220 90 with units dd. Can I use
> > degrees when using proj4 although the output from proj is meters?
> >
> > I'm using MapServer version 4.0.1, gdal-1.1.9, libpng-1.2.5, proj-4.4.7,
> > Shape-0.04, shapelib-1.2.10 on Solaris9.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Agneta Schick
> >
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > MAP
> >  NAME "ERMOS"
> >   STATUS ON
> >   EXTENT -140. -90. 220. 90.
> >   UNITS DD
> >   SIZE 947 612
> >   SHAPEPATH "/space/b3sn13/webdb/htdocs/ermos/data"
> >   IMAGECOLOR 255 0 0
> >   IMAGETYPE png
> >
> >
> >   SYMBOL
> >     NAME 'circle'
> >     TYPE ELLIPSE
> >     POINTS
> >       1 1
> >     END
> >     FILLED TRUE
> >   END
> >   PROJECTION
> >      "proj=wintri"
> >      "lat_1=0"
> >      "lon_0=40e"
> >   END
> >
> >  LAYER
> >   NAME 'world'
> >   DATA /space/b3sn13/webdb/htdocs/ermos/data/wintri.tif
> >   TYPE RASTER
> >   STATUS DEFAULT
> >  END
> >
> >  LAYER
> >     NAME 'quakes'
> >     DATA 'usgs'
> >     TYPE POINT
> >     STATUS ON
> >     PROJECTION
> >      "proj=latlong"
> >      "datum=WGS84"
> >     END
> >     CLASS
> >       SYMBOL 'circle'
> >       SIZE 5
> >       OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> >       COLOR 255 0 0
> >     END
> >   END
> >
> > END
> >
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