The examples in the following section are based on some global map data that is stored in the Geographic Coordinate System. Each example is one projection at a suitable scale. This section is intended to introduce a few of the more common types of map projections and provide a picture of what they look like. Some brief description is provided, but other books and documents are recommended for learning more about these projections.

The specific MapServer projection settings are included for reference. As long as all your layers have a valid projection set for them, these example projection settings can be used to change the output map projection.