[Mapserver-users] National Atlas Datasets

[Scott Ainslie]

> Maybe the spheroids and datum need to be specified (if they are
> different than the map region) in the PROJECTION (e.g. "ellps=wgs84"
> etc) so the latlong will transform properly (and maybe you'll need a
> TRANSFORM TRUE declaration)?
>
> Scott Ainslie wrote:
>
> >What projections do these datasets use.
> >I have tried latlong but the scale on my scasle bars are totally out.
> >The Bounding_Coordinates:
> >      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 170
> >      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64
> >      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72
> >      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17
> >Perhaps my extents are wrong, do I perhaps need to multiply these by some
> >factor of 10.
> >
> >Could someone please give me an example of the projection section of the
map
> >file that would work with this kind of data.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Scott

If I use:
"proj=latlong"
"ellps=wgs84"
Mapserver won't draw a map but using:
"init=epsg:2163"
Draws the map but with the scale bars way out.

Scott