[ms4w-users] EPSG version??

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca
Tue Sep 12 08:53:13 EDT 2006


proj-4.4.9 is the latest proj4 release, which is included in ms4w.  I'll
recheck that the latest version is being used for the next release though.

jeff




> PROJ4.4.9 does not include the California Teale Albers projections.  I
> think
> I had checked this before because the format of EPSG is different than the
> one with ms4w but I recognized the change in the format.  Is Frank
> Warmerdam
> still maintaining and developing PROJ4?
>
>
>>From: "Aaron Koning" <aaronkoning at gmail.com>
>>To: "Ivan Kautter" <ivankautter at hotmail.com>
>>CC: ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
>>Subject: Re: [ms4w-users] EPSG version??
>>Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:43:46 -0700
>>
>>I believe the epsg file is a product of the PROJ4 library/distribution. I
>>did notice that the current epsg file used in MS4W (2.x) is different
>> from
>>the epsg file distributed in PROJ 4.4.9 (e.g. the new code for BC Albers,
>>3005, is missing in the former but present in the later). So I think
>> PROJ4
>>(or at least the newest PROJ4 epsg file) needs to be upgraded in MS4W.
>>
>>For now, download PROJ 4.4.9 and check if your projection is defined in
>> the
>>provided epsg file. If it is, replace the MS4W epsg file with that one.
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>On 9/7/06, Ivan Kautter <ivankautter at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>I have looked at the supported projects or spatial reference systems if
>>>you
>>>like in MapServer especially those within the ESPG file.  I notice that
>>>the
>>>California Teale Albers projection both NAD27 and NAD83 are misssing
>>> from
>>>the ESPG version distributed with ms4w despite these projections being
>>>available since EPSG 6.6 I believe with the current ESPG version from
>>>their
>>>site being 6.11.  When will we be seeing a more current version of EPSG
>>>incorporated either into ms4w if that is the issue or MapServer in
>>> general
>>>if that is the hold-up?  Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>+--------------------------------------------
>>|  Aaron Koning
>>|  Information Technologist
>>|  Prince George, BC, Canada.
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