Brian, Mapserver, as far as I know, doesn't recognize .prj files. You have to define a PROJECTION for every layer which is not in the same projeciton as the map.
To translate your .prj file into the appropriate proj string, I've found http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/ to be a good resource. If the projection is fairly common, it also likely that it is the EPSG database which can be searched online at http://ocean.csl.co.uk/ .. in this case use the "init=epsg:xxxx" syntax instead of the full proj definition. hope this helps a bit, Matt Perry On 1/24/06, Brian Peschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does MapServer use PRJ files? I need to do some projections with shape > files. All of my shape files sets have prj file (ie town.shp, town.shx, > town.dbf, town.prj). If I setup a map level projection like: > PROJECTION > "init=epsg:4326" > END > > do I need to setup a layer level projection also? Or will MapServer read > the PRJ files and do the conversion on the fly for me? I am struggling to > understand how to convert a PRJ file into the PROJ.4 parameters like: > PROJECTION > "proj=laea" > "ellps=clrk66" > "lat_0=45" > "lon_0=-100" > END > (which is from the tutorial, and is not the settings I need). > > Any help in this would be appreciated... > > Brian > -- Matt Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.perrygeo.net
