On 22/09/09 16:45, Ed Avis wrote: > Tom Hughes<tom<at> compton.nu> writes: > >>> I'm pretty sure there used to be a scale on the map[1] in the lower left >>> corner. Yesterday I noticed it was no longer there. >> >> Correct see http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1704 for the reasons. > > Would it be possible to show the scale bar for zoom levels 15 and above > (where scale is pretty constant, unless you have a freakishly large web > browser window) and omit it for lower zoom levels?
Scale is more or less constant across the viewport, yes, but not across the whole world. > Or is the problem that it would need to change as you slip the map north > and south? Exactly. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([email protected]) http://www.compton.nu/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
