[Chameleon] Help required - Distance tool issue.

[VijayGanti]

Problem solved.
Solution: Added the following line in the map file.
UNITS FEET

Simple now that i know it.


VijayGanti wrote:
> 
> HI, i am new to Chameleon and i had been going through the samples
> provided. While i could run all the samples, i have issues with the
> distance being displayed by the measure tool. While the distance being
> displayed is 2.9miles between two points of interest in my shape file, the
> same is shown as 1.4miles in Google Earth. I am confident i had used the
> same projection and epsg code required. But here are the values if you
> could find any discrepency. 
> 
> EPSG = 102740 for the following projection 
> 
> Datum                              : NAD83 
> Coordinate System             : Lambert Conformal Conic 2SP 
> Projection                         : STATEPLANE 
> Zone                                : 5401(Texas South Central Zone) 
> FIPS Zone                         : 4204 
> Spheroid                           : GRS80 
> Units                                : Feet 
> False_Easting                    : 1968500
> False_Northing                   : 13123333.33333
> Central Meridian                 : -99
> Standard parallel 1             : 28.38333
> Standard parallel 2             : 30.28333
> Latitude of origin               : 27.83333
> 
> Dont know what most of them mean, but these are the settings i have.
> 
> Any and all suggestions are welcome. 
> 

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