[OSM-talk] Map scale

[Tom Hughes]

On 22/09/09 16:45, Ed Avis wrote:
> Tom Hughes<tom<at>  compton.nu>  writes:
>
>>> I'm pretty sure there used to be a scale on the map[1] in the lower left
>>> corner.  Yesterday I noticed it was no longer there.
>>
>> Correct see http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1704 for the reasons.
>
> Would it be possible to show the scale bar for zoom levels 15 and above
> (where scale is pretty constant, unless you have a freakishly large web
> browser window) and omit it for lower zoom levels?

Scale is more or less constant across the viewport, yes, but not across 
the whole world.

> Or is the problem that it would need to change as you slip the map north
> and south?

Exactly.

Tom

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