projection woes

[Matthew Perry]

I knew there must have been *some* reason. This is one
of those issues that constantly trips me up since OGC
SRS uses "EPSG"... It's easy to get into the habit of
typing it all caps.

- matt

--- Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM> wrote:

> Matt -
>
> It's not a matter of MapServer being picky - the
> "epsg" is actually a
> filename, and on case-sensitive operating systems,
> case matters.
>
>         - Ed
>
> Ed McNierney
> President and Chief Mapmaker
> TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> ed at topozone.com
> (978) 251-4242
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Matthew Perry
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:32 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] projection woes
>
> You might try using "init=epsg:26717" instead of
> "init=EPSG:26717". I
> know that some versions of mapserver are picky about
> this
> capitalization.
>
> Other than that, your mapfile looks like it should
> work.
>
> Matt Perry
> Humboldt State University
>
> --- Mark Adams <markadams at CUESTASYS.COM> wrote:
>
> > I've included my map file below.
> >
> > Regarding Stephen Woodbridge's response, the data
> in all files is in
> > zone 17, the only difference is the datum; and I
> can confirm that the
> > data really is there. As I indicated, if I don't
> include the
> > projection block on the layer the data shows, just
> shifted because of
> > the different datum. (Also working with it in
> ArcMap etc.)
> >
> > If it's likely that that I either don't have the
> right files, or for
> > some reason they aren't being found, how can I
> test this, and how do I
>
> > know which files I need? Incidentally, I installed
> proj.4 from the
> > proj446_win32_bin.zip distribution; and I'm
> running on Win2000, IIS 5.
> >
> >
> > -----map file------
> >
> > #
> > # Start of map file
> > #
> > MAP
> >   NAME "MVCA_GeoPortal"
> >   STATUS ON
> >   EXTENT 433350 4813769 546722 4889572
> >   SIZE 682 456
> >   #SIZE 674 474
> >   SHAPEPATH "..\Data\Shapefiles"
> >   #TEMPLATEPATTERN "MVCA_GeoPortal"
> >   SYMBOLSET "GeoPortal.symbols"
> >   #fonset added AD 13-Jul-04
> >   FONTSET "GeoPortal.fonts"
> >   #IMAGETYPE PNG
> >   #IMAGETYPE swf
> >   #IMAGETYPE png24bit
> >   IMAGETYPE gif
> >   #IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
> >   UNITS METERS
> >   OUTPUTFORMAT
> >     NAME gif
> >     DRIVER "GD/GIF"
> >     MIMETYPE "image/gif"
> >     IMAGEMODE PC256
> >     EXTENSION "gif"
> >     TRANSPARENT ON
> >   END
> >   OUTPUTFORMAT
> >     NAME png24bit
> >     DRIVER "GD/PNG"
> >     MIMETYPE "image/png"
> >     IMAGEMODE rgb
> >     FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=OFF"
> >   END
> >   OUTPUTFORMAT
> >     NAME swf
> >     DRIVER "SWF"
> >     MIMETYPE "application/x-shockwave-flash"
> >     EXTENSION "swf"
> >     IMAGEMODE PC256
> >     FORMATOPTION "OUTPUT_MOVIE=SINGLE"
> >   END
> >   #
> >   # Start of web interface definition (including
> WMS enabling
> > metadata)
> >   #
> >   WEB
> >     #MINSCALE 500
> >     MAXSCALE 1550000
> >     IMAGEPATH "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\tmp\"
> >     IMAGEURL "/tmp/"
> >     HEADER "templates/header.html"
> >     FOOTER "templates/footer.html"
> >     TEMPLATE "set in index.html"
> >     METADATA
> >       "WMS_TITLE"    "MVCA MapServer GeoPortal"
> >       "WMS_ABSTRACT"    "This is MapServer
> > application using data from Maitland Valley
> Conservation Authority."
> >       "WMS_ACCESSCONSTRAINTS"    "none"
> >       "WMS_ONLINERESOURCE"
> >
>
"http://navigator/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mapserver_d
> emos\MVCA_GeoPortal\config\MVCA_GeoPortal.map&"
> >       "WMS_SRS"    "EPSG:26717"
> >     END
> >   END
> >   #
> >   # Start of reference map
> >   #
> >   REFERENCE
> >     IMAGE "reference.png"
> >     EXTENT 433350 4813769 534792 4889572
> >     SIZE 168 118
> >     #SIZE 84 59
> >     STATUS ON
> >
> >     #COLOR 175 175 208
> >     COLOR -1 -1 -1
> >     OUTLINECOLOR 175 175 208
> >     MINBOXSIZE 5
> >     MAXBOXSIZE 500
> >     MARKER "star"
> >     MARKERSIZE 8
> >   END
> >
> >   #
> >   # Projection definition, consult the PROJ.4
> documentation for
> > parameter discussion
> >   #
> >   PROJECTION
> >     #   proj=utm
> >     #   ellps=GRS80
> >     #   zone=15
> >     #   north
> >     #   no_defs
> >     #
> >     #   OR:
> >     #
> >     #   init=epsg:26915
> >     "init=EPSG:26717"
> >   END
> >   #
> >   # Start of legend
> >   #
> >   LEGEND
> >     STATUS ON
> >     KEYSIZE 18 12
> >     LABEL
> >       TYPE BITMAP
> >       SIZE MEDIUM
> >       COLOR 0 0 89
> >     END
> >     TEMPLATE "legend.html"
> >   END
> >   #
> >   # Start of scalebar
> >   #
> >   SCALEBAR
> >     STATUS ON
> >     POSITION LR
> >     POSTLABELCACHE TRUE
> >     #BACKGROUNDCOLOR 166 202 240
> >     BACKGROUNDCOLOR 254 219 67
> >     COLOR 0 0 156
> >     OUTLINECOLOR 166 202 240
> >     TRANSPARENT ON
> >     #IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0
> >     UNITS KILOMETERS
> >     INTERVALS 4
> >     SIZE 200 8
> >     STYLE 0
> >     LABEL
>
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