[OSM-talk] Wrong scale in slippy map

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 08:23:16AM +0000, Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
> not mean that these countries are twice as large in the real life.  Scale bar
> values, if presented in meters/feet, should be adjusted according to latitude.
> Even then it cannot be correct for the whole map, but showing the corrrect scale
> for the middle latitude of a would perhaps be the best compromise.

If we could get two scales, at the top and at the bottom of the map,
then it would give us even more correct information. But one scale will
be enough, when correct. Incorrect meter/feet scale is quite useless and
probably better would to not use such scale at all.

Greets,
        Jacek