Projection.

[Paul Ramsey]

Ryan,

Your original question, and apparent grasp of the answer indicate you
have not done much homework on mapserver yet. You might find you get
better answers if you ask better questions. Remember, it is not our job
to help you -- we help you if we feel like it -- so it is *your* job to
make us feel like it.

The definitive guide is here:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Paul

Owens, Ryan J NWD02 CONTRACTOR wrote:
> Mike,
>
> So, my code would look like this: init=epsg:WGS84
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Davis [mailto:mike.and.kerry at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:48 PM
> To: Owens, Ryan J NWD02 CONTRACTOR
> Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Projection.
>
> From your address it looks like you are a corps contractor.  Is this a
> military project?  The Army standard is WGS84 UTM for all land
> mapping.  Most municipal and civillian mapping at the local level
> (statewide or smaller) uses "State Plane" which can be any number of
> projections depending on where your project is.  Try googling the
> state plane for your target area to find information on things like
> projection, datum, ellipsoid, units, central meridian etc..  You can
> plug these values into the projection object in a .map file.
>
> On 5/24/05, Owens, Ryan J NWD02 CONTRACTOR
> <Ryan.J.Owens at nwo02.usace.army.mil> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hello Map Server Listserv,
>>
>>I have a question on projection.  I understand the definition and concept
>
> of
>
>>projections.  But, how do you know what to use?  I don't quite grasp the
>>idea of how to choose the variables to put into the projection object.
>>
>>Ryan Owens
>
>