Shape File modification

Zhonghai Wang zhonghaiw at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jun 6 03:22:51 EDT 2006


Hi Muthu,

I think what you need to do is only to control the EXTENT element in the
mapfile, the first one may have the UTM projection, and the second one is a
typical WGS84 coordinate, you can use Proj4 to reproject your shapefile.

best regards

zhonghai

On 6/6/06, muthu veerappan <muthu_manaparai at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have 2 shape files
>
> one with the below extent (Bounding Box)
>
> minx="11018" miny="8970" maxx="566147" maxy="350142"
>
> and the other with
>
> minx="-179" miny="-89" maxx="179" maxy="83"
>
> 1st one is a shape .shp file i got after converting
> from .dwg and the 2nd one is an example for ka-map
>
> Could any one tell what is the difference ? Are there
> any projection / coordinate systems ?
>
> What is an extent ? Is this equal to pixel coordinate
> systems ?
>
> My idea is to make both the shape files the same size,
> so that each one will be a layer on my display.
>
> Is there any tools that does this shape size (canvas)
> modifications ?
>
> Please help.
>
> Regards,
> Muthu Veerappan
>
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