[OSM-talk] Wrong scale in slippy map

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Looking at the area where I live, 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=58.407&lon=15.600&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF
> 
> these buildings are 11 metres wide and not 22 metres as the scale 
> indicates. The difference is explained by the latitude 58.4 
> degrees and cosine(60°) = 0.5.

Give us a break and move to the equator. Everything is fine there.

Bye
Frederi