[Gvsig_english] Scale information

[Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio]

Hello, Marcus
 
Perhaps you already know this, but the scale combo located on the status bar is editable, so you can type 2400 and hit enter to get a 1:2400 scale which means "one inch = 200 feet", and when you link a view to a map, you can also indicate the scale. Then you only need to 'manually' add some graphical item to your map to indicate this. Perhaps just a png image created by you. I don't know if this is enough for you until this functionality is automated.
 
Juan Lucas Domínguez Rubio
Prodevelop SL, Valencia (España)
Tlf.: 96.351.06.12 -- Fax: 96.351.09.68
http://www.prodevelop.es <http://www.prodevelop.es/> 

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De: gvsig_internacional-bounces at runas.cap.gva.es en nombre de Marcus C. England
Enviado el: mar 01/04/2008 18:37
Para: María Mares
CC: Users and Developers mailing list
Asunto: Re: [Gvsig_english] Scale information



Hi,

I guess maybe I wasn't clear. What I am requesting is a relative scale.
Currently, the only scale text choice is an absolute scale ("1:25000" or
something like that). In my business, at least, all clients request maps
where, for example, one inch = 200 feet or one inch = 500 feet. It is
standard on maps to show the scale, and beneath or above show the
relative scale and the absolute scale.

-Marcus

María Mares wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
>
> Now you can choose the size of the text of the labels only in meters
> or pixels.
> In the future 2.0 version,  you'll be able to choose more units:
> milles, yards, feet, etc.
>
> Best regards
>
> Marcus C. England escribió:
>> I sent this message last night and it never posted for some reason so
>> I am re-sending it...
>>
>>
>> I love your program and it is really helping me in my push to adopt open
>> source and move away from ESRI at our consulting firm. The functionality
>> that we MUST have that is a mapping standard here (and I thought in most
>> places) is there is no ability that I can find to format scale text as
>> "1= xx miles" or "1 inch = x feet". Will this be implemented any time
>> soon?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marcus
>>
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