[OpenLayers-Users] Spherical Mercator and 4326 alignment problem

[B. Heath Robinson]

I am having a problem with a WMS layer lining up on top of a Google map.  It
appears to be about 15mi south of were it needs to be.  I am assuming this
is because of the fact that spherical mercator ignores the fact the earth is
an ellipse.  Anyway, I have included my openlayers code and my mapfile as
after spending hours search seems to be helpful.

I get the same results using either a shapfile or postgis data each with a
different projection.

I am using what I believe to be the best method.  If I use "reproject:true"
the map does line up, but that causes other known problems and is
deprecated.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--------MAPFILE----------
MAP
 NAME "Test Map"
 SIZE 256 256
 MAXSIZE 40096
 UNITS feet
 DEBUG ON
 DEBUG 5
 CONFIG "PROJ_LIB" "/usr/local/share/proj"
 CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "/tmp/mapserver.log"
 EXTENT -10899765.713460 3586328.494261 -10787636.706166 3654203.662907

 PROJECTION
    "init=epsg:900913"
 END

 IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
 IMAGEQUALITY 85
 IMAGETYPE AGGA

 OUTPUTFORMAT
   NAME AGGA
   DRIVER 'AGG/PNG'
   MIMETYPE 'image/png'
   IMAGEMODE RGBA
   EXTENSION 'png'
   #FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_FORCE=on"
   #FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_COLORS=256"
   FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_NEW=on"
 END

 LAYER
   NAME 'cities'
   TYPE POLYGON
   DUMP true
   PROCESSING "CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER"
   CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
   CONNECTION "dbname='regnumvisum' host=localhost port=5432 user='ecweb'
password='tklM3E1m0' sslmode=disable"
   DATA 'limits FROM "maps_city" USING UNIQUE id USING srid=4326'
   METADATA
     'ows_title' 'parcels'
     'wms_srs' 'EPSG:900913 EPSG:3785'
     'wms_format' 'image/png'
   END
   STATUS ON
   TRANSPARENCY 50
   PROJECTION
     "init=epsg:4326"
   END
   CLASSITEM 'id'
     CLASS
      NAME 'default'
      STYLE
        SYMBOL 0
        SIZE 7.0
        OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
        COLOR [color]
        ANTIALIAS TRUE
      END
   END
 END

 LAYER
   NAME 'cities-shp'
   TYPE POLYGON
   DUMP true
   DATA /Users/bheathr/EdenicConfluence/sample_files/Unified
   METADATA
     'ows_title' 'parcels'
     'wms_srs' 'EPSG:900913 EPSG:3785'
     'wms_format' 'image/png'
   END
   STATUS ON
   TRANSPARENCY 50
   PROJECTION
     "init=epsg:2277"
   END
   CLASSITEM 'OBJECTID'
     CLASS
      NAME 'default'
      STYLE
        SYMBOL 0
        SIZE 7.0
        OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
        COLOR 0 0 0
        ANTIALIAS TRUE
      END
   END
 END
END
---------MAPFILE-------------
---------Open Layers---------
function init(){
           var options = {
               projection: "EPSG:900913",
               units: "ft",
               maxResolution: 156543.0339,
               maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508,
                                                20037508, 20037508)
           };
           map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', options);

           var gmap = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
               "Google Streets",
               {'sphericalMercator': true}
           );

           cities = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Bell Cities",
                                           "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv
",
                                           {'map':
'/Users/bheathr/EdenicConfluence/regnumvisum/etc/test.map',
      'layers': 'cities-shp',
                                            'format':'png'},
                                           {'reproject': false,
                                            'opacity': 0.4,
                                            'isBaseLayer': false,
                                            'wrapDateLine': true});

           // create a vector layer for drawing
           vector = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Editable Vectors");

           map.addLayers([gmap, cities]);
           map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());
  centerMap(-97.67112,30.974599,-97.18326,31.18982);
       }

    function centerMap(top,left,bottom,right) {
        var proj = new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326");
        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(top,left,bottom,right);
        bounds.transform(proj, map.getProjectionObject());
        if (!map.getCenter()) map.zoomToExtent(bounds);
    }

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