[OpenLayers-Users] ScaleLine km only

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Matthew Doyle wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Using Openlayers 2.6 and coding a map using the ScaleLine control a la:
> map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.ScaleLine());
> 
> My client wishes it only to display kilometres and not miles. Is there any
> way to configure this? Or will i have to code a hack or design my own custom
> scale which swaps in and out for each zoom level? Apologies if this is an
> easy one, but the docs/api and searching through usergroups didn't give me
> any joy.
> 

You might also want to check out the ScaleBar control.

Examples:
http://dev.openlayers.org/addins/scalebar/trunk/examples/scalebar.html
http://dev.openlayers.org/addins/scalebar/trunk/examples/scalebar-custom.html

Docs:
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Addins/ScaleBar

Tim

> Cheers in advance,
> Regards,
> Matt