[mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Rahkonen Jukka (MML)
Hi, Recent Mapserver buids require PROJ and GDAL https://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ja/development/rfc/ms-rfc-127.html. That means that every Mapserver can support PROJECTION blocks both at the MAP level and within LAYER. And because there are no more builds without Proj support there is no real ne

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Jukka, I personally consider defining PROJECTION blocks at the MAP level and all LAYERs mandatory, in my day-to-day work, for each and every mapfile. If you do not specify all of these, MapServer makes assumptions and you are just asking for trouble downstream through WMS clients etc. (yo

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Steve Lime
I would prefer to pursue as a documentation/communication exercise first. It's not that I don't agree that PROJECTION blocks are generally recommended but making them required and introducing artificial projections to deal with cases when projections aren't used (embedded legends, scale bars and ot

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
From: mapserver-users On Behalf Of Steve Lime Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 1:21 PM To: Jeff McKenna Cc: Mapserver Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory? Think Before You Click: This email originated outside our organization. I would prefer to pursue as a documentation

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Mark Volz
varied projected datasets being combined. I would agree that it should be a topic more prominently displayed/noted in the documentation. Bobb From: mapserver-users On Behalf Of Steve Lime Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 1:21 PM To: Jeff McKenna Cc: Mapserver Subject: Re: [mapserver-users]

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
pics: 1. Re: Make PROJECTION mandatory? (Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:16:52 + From: "Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)" To: Steve Lime , Jeff McKenna Cc: Mapserver Sub

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
Kenna Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 3:30 PM To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory? Think Before You Click: This email originated outside our organization. I do look forward to approving pull requests from all of the people talking now of doc upd

Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory?

2020-04-27 Thread Rahkonen Jukka (MML)
- Lähettäjä: mapserver-users Puolesta Mark Volz Lähetetty: maanantai 27. huhtikuuta 2020 23.04 Vastaanottaja: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Aihe: Re: [mapserver-users] Make PROJECTION mandatory? Hello, Just to add in my two cents to this. 1) I don’t think we should have to specify a projection at the