Data Plotted at Wrong Location

[Brent Fraser]

Toan,

  You haven't specified the coordinate system of the input
data so MapServer assumes it's the same as the coordinate
system for the output map (LCC).

  Add a PROJECTION object to the csv file's LAYER
definition.  For example, if the input data in the csv file
is NAD83:

LAYER csv
PROJECTION
 "init=epsg:4269"
END
:


Brent Fraser
GeoAnalytic Inc.
Calgary, Alberta
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tran, Toan (MCYS)" <Toan.Tran at ONTARIO.CA>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Data Plotted at Wrong
Location


Hi,
I wish to plot several points in Ontario, Canada, but the
problem is
that the points are plotted at the wrong location. My data
are in
decimal degree stored in a CSV file. But when the map was
draw, all the
points are plotted very closed together. I suspect that for
some reason,
the map-server is plotting the data as meter/or any other
unit instead
of degree decimal.
I used this PROJECTION in both my top-level MAP and proper
layer, with
UNITS METERS:
PROJECTION
"init=epsg:42304"
END
I added this for the /usr/local/share/proj/epsg file because
it wasn't
there after I installed the Projection Library:
<42304> +proj=lcc +lat_1=49 +lat_2=77 +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-95
+x_0=0 +y_0=0
+ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs no_defs <>
Is it enough to simple add the above epsg code???
Changing UNITS METERS to UNITS DD in my map file doesn't
help either.
Here are some sample DATA:
 <<img.GIF>>
Desc,,X,Y
"5",79.725833,43.715361
"6",81.000107,43.368512
"7",-78.347276,44.301459
"8",,81.332038,48.47381
"9",79.68955,43.4662
...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa19",0,200000
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa20",0,220000
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa21",0,240000
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa30",0,300000
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa31",10000,300000

This is what I see when I type ./mapserv -v
MapServer version 4.10.3 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG
OUTPUT=WBMP
OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE
SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER
SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT
SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=THREADS INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=OGR
INPUT=GDAL
INPUT=SHAPEFILE DEBUG=MSDEBUG
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks
Toan