Custom Projection

[Abe Gillespie]

Thanks for the help!
-Abe

On 2/12/07, Fawcett, David <David.Fawcett at state.mn.us> wrote:
> According to the documentation, ANGLE is not available with CFI
> MapServer, but I got it to work following the other directions in the
> docs.  I am using version 4.8.
>
> You definitely need to define projection blocks at the map level and at
> the layer level.  Before I defined projections, I just got a white image
> back.
>
> David.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Brent Fraser
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 3:57 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Custom Projection
>
>
> Abe,
>
>   Try using  ANGLE in the map portion of the map file
> (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/mapObj)
>
> Brent Fraser
> GeoAnalytic Inc.
> Calgary, Alberta
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Abe Gillespie" <abe.gillespie at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:34 PM
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Custom Projection
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Forgive my ignorance on the subject - is there a way to
> define a
> > custom projection such that it simply applies a rotation
> to the map?
> > For instance, instead of the map being oriented with the
> top as north,
> > I need to orient it in a "you are here" fashion.  I want
> to put the
> > entrance of a building at due south.
> >
> > First, in general, can this even be done?  What I mean to
> say is are
> > projections even used in this fashion?  Second, if it can
> be done, how
> > does one go about defining a custom projection?  Can you
> fire up
> > ArcGIS and use the GUI?  Are there command line tools?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -Abe
>