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Click on the Map Source  icon for a BaseMaps Map Source and select the MapSource tab to enter the main options.

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Here you can select your BaseMap type from the drop down list box. This can either be WMS if you are using ADS BaseMaps which uses WMS or Legacy for normal BaseMaps i.e. using a Tile cache or WMS if you are using ADS BaseMaps which uses WMS.


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From iShare 6.0.0. the options will be WMS or WMTS (Web Map Tile Service) and the maps will be served using MapProxy (which does not support Tilecache so Legacy will no longer be supported).

Projection

From Version 5.6.2. You may select a Projection for your Map Source by picking an entry from the list. There is a default Projection that is configured via the iShare Settings on the General tab under the Web heading.

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Map Units

From Version 5.6.2. The general Map Units for the Projection selected for the Map Source normally METERS or DEGREES (DEGREES are converted to DD). MapServer uses this for scalebar and scale computations. Valid options are [dd|feet|inches|kilometers|meters|miles|nauticalmiles] Nauticalmiles was added in MapServer 5.6. This setting replaces the 'Zoom Units' previously found in the MapSource Startup settings.

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