These numbers are to large to be Lat/long values, so if they are meters from a projection where is this projection originating from? If it is from the prime meridian and equator then there must be a way to get mapserver to accept lat/long values and do the conversion to meters on the the fly.
Quoting "Fawcett, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ryan, > > Are these degrees of Long/Lat, or are they meters from a projection like > UTM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ryan Ollerenshaw > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Coordinate Systems > > > I keep on seeing lat/long values represented as large integer number and > I am unsure how this conversion is made. For example 356800E, 5767999N > I assume maps to a specific lat/long location but how do I determine > exactly where. > > My problem is that I need to create world files for several aerial > photos that have lat/long values in the title but I am not sure how to > georeference these images using MapServer. > > Example file name: thm_dir_N00_000.png, them_dir_N00_030.png > > Also, > I believe that I can use gdal_translate to georeference these images > would the correct format be: gdal_translate -a_ullr 180 0 210 -30 > thm_dir_N-30_180.png thm_dir_N-30_180.tiff >
