Hi John,

Interesting results indeed !

> 
> 
> The ironic thing is that I used the projection string instead of the epsg 
> code so I could avoid the lookup so it would be faster! I do not understand 
> why MapServer does an unnecessary reprojection with OpenLayers.WMS and the 
> projection string; shouldn't it be able to determine that the projection 
> string is the same as the epsg number? I guess, that would probably involve a 
> lookup, thus rendering the use of the projection string in place of the epsg 
> code ineffectual.
> 
For the reprojection thing, I don't think there is a perfect solution.
As WMS uses EPSG codes, mapserver would have to scan the whole epsg file
on each projection definition to find the matching epsg-proj pair, and
it could take a long time, much longer than simply scanning the epsg
file to find the proj string for a specific epsg code.
I think the best solution for you is to use a custom epsg file with only
 the definitions you need in it, and keep using epsg codes in your
mapfile, which ensures full compatibility with WMS usage.


> Thanks again for all the help, it would have taken me much longer to solve 
> the problem on my own!

Your welcome. It's always interesting to face such problems and discover
the bottlenecks. This is helpful for all of us.

Best regards,

Guillaume

> 
> Regards
> 
> John Westwood
> 
> Great Britain Historical GIS Project
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