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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Since the difference in the reported
      scale between Chameleon and Geomoose is over an order of
      magnitude, I suspect there is a units mis-configuration
      somewhere.  Just where depends on which reported scale is closer
      to what's expected...<br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Best Regards,
Brent Fraser</pre>
      On 6/19/2013 9:37 AM, Robert R. Raiz wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hello James,<br>
        <br>
        Well, yes, actually for me it is important to know that the
         MINSCALE / MAXSCALE from map files will be read accordingly in
        GeoMoose. I need the correspondence between them to be correct
        and to be able to check the correct rendering of features.<br>
        <br>
        I tested today and it seems what I have in the lower right part
        (GeoMoose) is not quite ok compared to what I have in the
        mapfile (I am only referring to scale here);<br>
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        To sum up, seeing the big difference between the scales in
        Chameleon and GeoMoose at the same extent, I do not understand
        how this could work. To give a short eg: I have a class rendered
        in the mapfile between MINSCALE 2000 and MAXSCALE 6000. How can
        see this range (class) in GeoMoose if I cannot rely on the scale
        in the bottom right corner.<br>
        <br>
        Hope I am not missing something here :)</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:08 PM, James
          Klassen <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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            <p dir="ltr">Not really since the browsers don't accurately
              report screen DPI, so traditional scales in the
              interactive map are rather meaningless.  The main place
              the scale is important is to allow printing to a known
              scale.  Assuming GeoMoose's DPI matches MapServer's (and I
              think it is at least close), it also helps when setting
              min/max scale denominators in MapServer layers/classes.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">The scale reported in the interface (in the
              drop down in the lower right) is a scale assuming some
              nominal display DPI.  (Either 72, 75 or 96 I think, but
              would have to check to be sure.)</p>
            <p dir="ltr">The scales parameter in the mapbook is actually
              a resolution.  (It is simply passed into OpenLayers to
              setup the zoom levels, primarily for the popular tiled
              basemaps.)</p>
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                <div class="h5">On Jun 19, 2013 9:41 AM, "Robert R.
                  Raiz" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                    <div dir="ltr">Oh, as usual, I find something right
                      after I post..<br>
                      I read that "<span
                        style="line-height:21px;font-size:14px;font-family:'Lucida
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                        Unicode',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif">The scales
                        are actually ground units per pixel resolution
                        settings and not true scales. </span>"<br>
                      <br>
                      Is it possible to somehow change this to render
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at
                        5:33 PM, Robert R. Raiz <span dir="ltr"><<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          <div dir="ltr">Hello all,<br>
                            <br>
                            As I said in a previous post, I am trying to
                            replace the old Chameleon web mapping tool
                            with GeoMoose.<br>
                            <br>
                            Something that I did not quite understand,
                            is why the scales are different in these two
                            mapping tools if they have the same extent;<br>
                            <br>
                            So, I have an extent in the mapfile.
                            Chameleon is giving me a scale of 448286 and
                            in GeoMoose I have 1:35203<br>
                            <br>
                            Can you please tell me what am I missing? I
                            first thought that it has something to do
                            with the ground_units param (as I need the
                            units in feet);<br>
                            <br>
                            Thank you,<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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                                <b><i>Raiz Roland Robert</i></b><br>
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