Thanks Guys!!!!

[Ed McNierney]

Chris -

Good job!  All layers in a map file are presumed to be the same projection
unless specified otherwise, and the only reason you really need to specify
projections is if you have layers in different projections.  Then MapServer
needs to know which layers need to be reprojected and how.

As long as you use the UNITS METERS at the top (so scalebars and things
work) and all your data are in UTM Zone 16, you can ignore projections
entirely.  MapServer will simply work with a bunch of X/Y coordinates
without knowing to what projection they refer.

     - Ed
  
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Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
Demand Media / TopoZone.com
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
Phone: (978) 251-4242
Fax: (978) 251-1396
ed at topozone.com


> From: Christopher Harris <docterrobert at MSN.COM>
> Reply-To: Christopher Harris <docterrobert at MSN.COM>
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:38:56 -0500
> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Thanks Guys!!!!
> 
> Thanks Dave and Ed!  I got it working!  It appears that World File was
> crucial also in getting the image to display.  You're right about the
> projections.  They don't seem to change a thing when I comment them out, but
> it still works.  Awesome!
> 
>  - Chris