Hi , I am not clearly understanding the extent parameter in GIS applications. for ex, In mapserver map file we are using
NAME "CGI-CONTEXT-DEMO"
STATUS ON
SIZE 400 300
**EXTENT -2200000 -712631 3072800 3840000**
UNITS METERS
IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
IMAGETYPE png
here extent means lower left x,y and upper right x,y. but long,lat values are not used here , then what is this value? How it is arrived?