Thanks Worth, so how do you know if the scale is inches to inches or feet to feet, etc.? What is the default?
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Worth Lutz <w...@mindspring.com> wrote: > Scale is a ratio, for example: 1 inch = 24000 inches -or- > 1/24000 -or- 1 ft. = 24000 feet**** > > ** ** > > Here are some helpful links:**** > > ** ** > > http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/SettingZoomLevels **** > > ** ** > > > https://getsatisfaction.com/opengeo/topics/how_do_i_interpret_the_openlayers_scale > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Worth**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* openlayers-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: > openlayers-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Rob Hyx > *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:54 AM > *To:* openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org; us...@openlayers.org > *Subject:* [OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers resolutions and scale questions** > ** > > ** ** > > Hello all, I have a few questions that I can't seem to get cleared up in > the OpenLayers documentation. **** > > - Someone asked me what is the units of measurement that are displayed > in the scale control? In other words 1:7M what? Or is it unit-less since > it's a ratio? Sorry if that's a dumb question. **** > - Next, when you manually specify the resolutions of the map (i.e. > map.resolutions = [...,...,...];), what units are those? I checked the map > in the DOM inspector and it says the units are 'degrees', does that mean > decimal degrees? **** > - Also if this or anything related to scale, resolution or Geo-spatial > accuracy in general is documented anywhere for OpenLayers, can someone > point me in that direction?**** > > Thanks in advance!**** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6192 - Release Date: 03/20/13* > *** > -- *HYX* http://hyx-music.com
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