google maps projection

[Chip Taylor]

Ok, you have piqued my interest!  Had to go out and look at Google's map
API.  Way cool stuff.  Anyway, how do you overlay a Mapserver map on top of
a Google map?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of John Hagstrand
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:25 AM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] google maps projection
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using MapServer to generate maps that I then overlay on top of Google
> Maps.  To get them to match up, I need to get the projections to match.
> 
> I've been told the following:
> Google Maps uses the Mercator projection and the WGS 84 geodetic datum.
> The
> projection standard latitude is 0, and the projection standard longitude
> is
> -90.
> 
> How can I translate that to a MapServer Projection block?
> 
> Thanks
> John
> 
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