[mapserver-users] What is the default coordinate system used in MapServer (if no projection is defined)?

[Lime, Steve D (MNIT)]

MapServer has no default, it's just uses a simple Cartesian coordinate system. HOWEVER, the CGI does have some hooks that tries to auto-detect lat/lon coordinates and automatically convert them to what's set in the MAP's projection block. I believe that only kicks in if there is a projection block defined.

How'd you trigger the message?

Steve

From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 5:40 PM
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Subject: [mapserver-users] What is the default coordinate system used in MapServer (if no projection is defined)?

All,

So I was trying to just display some data without a coordinate system assigned.  And I ended up eventually getting a LAT/LON (out of range) error.  Once I set the projection in the MAP block to something resembling a XY projection, all was well.

I suspect that LAT/LON is the default?  Is there a way to do something other than what I did to use simple Cartesian coordinates?

Bobb


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