[mapserver-users] rotate and fit based on polygon

[Travis Kirstine]

Thanks Carlos, we've employed the method you've suggested already but not
getting the results we are looking for, perhaps the linked image will help
illustrate my problem

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwWJtNuZjvCUR1AtVEZVLTdCbk0/view?usp=sharing



On 8 September 2017 at 16:25, Carlos Ruiz <boolean10001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Travis,
>
> Do you have the polygons in PostGIS ? Maybe you can get the extent by
> using st_extent(geom) and retrieve it on PHP/Python to set the map extent.
> You could also get a margin by multiplying extent b 1.1 (10%).
>
>
>
> On Thursday, September 7, 2017, 1:27:06 PM CDT, Travis Kirstine <
> traviskirstine at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have a bunch of polygons that represent 8.5 x 11 printed map sheets.
> I'd like to produce images for each sheet that best fits the polygon within
> the outputted image.  We've tried using mapscript by setting the map extent
> based on the bbox of the source polygon and rotation but results aren't
> great depending on the orientation of the source polygon.  Is there a way
> to set the "extent" based on a polygon?
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