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<h3 dir="auto">Problem</h3>
<p dir="auto">Measuring distances on the map requires a scale. This is present in principle in the bottom corner given both in metric and imperial units. However, I find it way too small to be useful.<br>
When I try to measure the distance between two points I try to zoom in for best precision which means that the two are in approximately opposite corners.<br>
(Quick try: image width 1780px, scale bar 69px. That is not even 4% of the width or 3% of the diagonal.)<br>
To estimate the distance I then have to guess whether it is more like 15 times the scale bar or more like 20 times. This frequently does not really help.<br>
NB: google maps has the same issue.</p>
<h3 dir="auto">Description</h3>
<p dir="auto">The scale bar should be at least 1/3 of the image width.<br>
Being in the bottom corner I don't see issues with it covering up more important information even when considerably bigger.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><em>No response</em></p>
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