Just another observation When I chose the meters option in the map mode for the scale bar, the road in the above example measures 50 meters and in the view mode measures 50 feet. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Map-Scale-tp5703519p5713128.html Sent from the gvSIG international mailing list archive at Nabble.com.