[GIS] Why is POINT type layer not displayed correctly in the mapserver map

Question

I have 14 shapefiles from same source with the same WKT:

PROJCS["GRS_1980_Transverse_Mercator",
GEOGCS["GCS_GRS_1980",
DATUM["D_GRS_1980",
SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],
PARAMETER["False_Northing",-6000000],
PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",24],
PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],
UNIT["Meter",1]]

This WKT does not match any CRS perfectly, but it is very similar to LKS92/Latvia TM:

PROJCS["LKS92_Latvia_TM",GEOGCS["GCS_LKS92",
DATUM["D_Latvia_1992",
SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",24],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",-6000000],
UNIT["Meter",1]]

Only 3 lines are different:

# WKT my shapefiles have
PROJCS["GRS_1980_Transverse_Mercator",
GEOGCS["GCS_GRS_1980",
DATUM["D_GRS_1980",

# WKT for LKS92/Latvia TM
PROJCS["LKS92_Latvia_TM",
GEOGCS["GCS_LKS92",
DATUM["D_Latvia_1992",

The only issue I am having right now – POINT type layer is not shown correctly on my map. RASTER, LINE, POLYGON type layers are displayed correctly. Layers of type POINT are not shown correctly.

Image #1 – shows how my map is displayed in mapserver. There is a single black circle outside of map extent area. What I expect to see is something similar to image#2.

Image #2 – shows how the layers are displayed in QGIS.

Image #3 This is what I see when I open the shapefile with QGIS.

I see 2 possible solutions:

• I convert the POINT type shapefile (called places.shp) so that points are shown on the map
• I create a new shapefile with a few POINT type elements which would be in same CRS and work properly in my application.

I have tried both options, used QGis and also ogr2gui. No matter what I do, POINT type layer is not shown properly and there is only a single black dot on the map:

mapfile.map:

LAYER
    NAME "places"
    DATA places
    STATUS ON
    TYPE POINT
    FEATURE
        POINTS
            1 1
        END
    END
    CLASS
        NAME "places"
        SYMBOL "circle"
        SIZE 16
        COLOR 0 0 0
    END
END

SYMBOL
    NAME "circle"
    TYPE ellipse
    FILLED true
    POINTS
        10 10
    END
END

I have tested my application on Mapserver 6.0.3 and 6.4.1.

Edit#1:

This is what QGIS tells me when I check properties of places.shp

Extents
In layer spatial reference system units
xMin,yMin 312500.00,172500.00 : xMax,yMax 762500.00,437500.00

extent I have defined in mapfile.map:

EXTENT 313187.4 146161.56 766469.92 470367.64

Answer 1

Where did you get the

FEATURE
    POINTS
        1 1
    END
END

from? This draws a point at x=1 y=1, and not at the coordinates from your shapefile: