unknown elliptical parameter name

[Joanne Mcgraw]

I found the list in this archive of the appropriate values and 'clrk66' is
listed as a valid name. What else could this error message be referring to?

Fatal error: [MapServer Error]: msProcessProjection(): unknown elliptical
parameter name

Cheers,
jtm

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:21:12 -0500, Joanne Mcgraw
<joanne.mcgraw at SYMPATICO.CA> wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a map with a projection defined in the map file as:
>
>PROJECTION
>  "proj=lcc"
>  "lat_1=43.83"
>  "lat_2=59.17"
>  "lon_0=-74"
>  "ellps=clrk66"
>END
>
>The map displays fine in the browser.
>
>I am writing some code in which I am trying to reproject a point from the
>map's projection to lat long. But, in trying to instantiate a new
>ProjectionObj to act as input I get the following error:
>
>Fatal error: [MapServer Error]: msProcessProjection(): unknown elliptical
>parameter name
>
>The code is:
>
>$szMapProj = $oMap->getProjection();
>// at this point, $szMapProj contains this string:
>// +proj=lcc +lat_1=43.83 +lat_2=59.17 +lon_0=-74 +ellps=clrk66
>$oProjIn = ms_newprojectionobj($szMapProj);
>
>Anyone know what's wrong with 'clrk66'? I think I've seen it used in
>examples, but could be wrong there. And, as it's apparently incorrect,
>where I can find a list of the the correct identifiers?
>
>cheers,
>jtm