[mapserver-users] automatically generate a layer's PROJECTION object for a mapfile?

Mark Phillips mphillip at unca.edu
Fri Jun 11 10:23:45 EDT 2010


This is way cool!

Have the changes related to RFC 37 been incorporated into the trunk yet?  If
so, I'll try it out!

When is a 6.0 release expected?

Thanks,

--Mark

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> wrote:

> Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to automatically generate the proj4
>> projection keyword values for a layer, needed for the PROJECTION object for
>> that layer in a mapfile. assuming that you have the layer's data in a file
>> that includes projection metadata?
>>
>>
> You might want to give a read to the planned changes in MapServer 6.0 for a
> 'PROJECTION AUTO' parameter:
> http://www.mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-37.html
>
> And also follow or join the recent thread on this support on the
> MapServer-dev email list:
> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/MS-RFC-37-AUTO-Projection-Support-td4607476.html#a4607476
>
> -jeff
>
>
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> Jeff McKenna
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