projection questions

[Norman Vine]

Jeff Portwine writes:
>
> It is entirely possible that as you said i'm being misled by the Map Point
> map... and that I just have to get used to how this looks , but regardless I
> need to understand what's going on so that when the people I'm doing this
> for ask me I can explain the difference :)

< snip >

> I'm not actually using mappoint data to create the map, so I have no idea
> how they project the data when they generate maps...  but I can't really
> seem to make my output look any different regardless of what I use for
> output projection.


Jeff

I suggest you spend a little time here
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html

and some more experimenting with your mapfile
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc44/mapfile-reference.html#projection

hint  < folowing up on Ed's >
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html

HTH

Norman