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<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I use the arrow keys to pan north and south the scale changes. If I use them to pan left and right it doesn’t change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></P><P STYLE=" margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 10px">
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<div class=WordSection1><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kidsmake6until2019@gmail.com [mailto:kidsmake6until2019@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brad Nesom<br><b>Sent:</b> 02 November 2011 15:00<br><b>To:</b> James Stott<br><b>Cc:</b> Saber Razmjooei; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] Scale seems strange in<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am thinking rather than that it is just the fact that when you use degrees, moving in the map would give you a different scale.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Because every time you move north or south you have changed the length of the x distance.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you pan left and right (very carefully) do you see the scale not change?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM, James Stott <<a href="mailto:James.Stott@npaconsult.co.uk">James.Stott@npaconsult.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Could this just be a windows thing then? I tried an older version of qgis-dev (1.8.0-78) on a different windows machine in the office and there are no problems. Metres should be the default setting for 27700 shouldn't it not degrees?<br><br><br>James Stott BSc (Hons) MSc | Senior Professional<br>Nicholas Pearson Associates | 30 Brock Street | Bath | BA1 2LN<br>T: 01225 445548 | M: -<br><a href="http://www.npaconsult.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.npaconsult.co.uk/</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Saber Razmjooei [mailto:<a href="mailto:razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk">razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk</a>]<br>Sent: 02 November 2011 10:48<br>To: James Stott<br>Cc: <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] Scale seems strange in<br><br>James<br><br>I am using QGIS-Trunk under ubuntu 10.04. The canvas projection is set<br>to 27700 and Layer unit to metre.<br><br>The scale seems to be fine and not affected by panning.<br><br>Cheers<br>Saber<br><br>On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 10:43 +0000, James Stott wrote:<br>> An update:<br>><br>><br>><br>> This is also happening on a colleague’s machine. I have reverted back<br>> to the previous OSGeo4W nightly and that doesn’t fix the problem.<br>> Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn’t work.<br>><br>><br>><br>> In 1.7, if I open up this certain dataset of viewpoint locations, it<br>> opens with a scale of 1:53478. In 1.8 if I load the dataset it opens<br>> at a scale of 1:5325654358. If I use the pan tool and just click on<br>> the map the scale changes to 1:631588609, then 1:2918610855, then<br>> 1:2934133484 and so on. Distance measures seem unaffected. It seems to<br>> be being caused by the units of the project being set to degrees. I<br>> have saved a project and the units are set to degrees. If I open an<br>> old project up it opens at the correct scale. In my old project files<br>> it is set to metres. (see examples below). It seems I have to make<br>> sure Enable on the fly projection is unticked in the project<br>> properties, and then manually set the Layer units to metres in the<br>> general tab.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I was also having problems a while ago with exporting to MapInfo but I<br>> have just tried this and it works. See links below for details. It is<br>> including the 79 not the 104 now.<br>><br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/14350/qgis-and-mapinfo-projections-epsg-27700-british-national-grid" target="_blank">http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/14350/qgis-and-mapinfo-projections-epsg-27700-british-national-grid</a><br>><br>> <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4271" target="_blank">http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4271</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> New project:<br>><br>><br>><br>> <mapcanvas><br>><br>> <units>degrees</units><br>><br>> <extent><br>><br>> <xmin>384571.226869</xmin><br>><br>> <ymin>78401.536498</ymin><br>><br>> <xmax>408875.829430</xmax><br>><br>> <ymax>92579.221325</ymax><br>><br>> </extent><br>><br>> <projections>0</projections><br>><br>> <destinationsrs><br>><br>> <spatialrefsys><br>><br>> <proj4>+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717<br>> +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy<br>> +towgs84=446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489 +units=m<br>> +no_defs</proj4><br>><br>> <srsid>2437</srsid><br>><br>> <srid>27700</srid><br>><br>> <authid>EPSG:27700</authid><br>><br>> <description>OSGB 1936 / British National<br>> Grid</description><br>><br>> <projectionacronym>tmerc</projectionacronym><br>><br>> <ellipsoidacronym>airy</ellipsoidacronym><br>><br>> <geographicflag>false</geographicflag><br>><br>> </spatialrefsys><br>><br>> </destinationsrs><br>><br>> </mapcanvas><br>><br>><br>><br>> Old project:<br>><br>><br>><br>> <mapcanvas><br>><br>> <units>meters</units><br>><br>> <extent><br>><br>> <xmin>400790.090563</xmin><br>><br>> <ymin>86512.592259</ymin><br>><br>> <xmax>401731.465923</xmax><br>><br>> <ymax>87217.568425</ymax><br>><br>> </extent><br>><br>> <projections>0</projections><br>><br>> <destinationsrs><br>><br>> <spatialrefsys><br>><br>> <proj4>+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717<br>> +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy<br>> +towgs84=446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489 +units=m<br>> +no_defs</proj4><br>><br>> <srsid>2437</srsid><br>><br>> <srid>27700</srid><br>><br>> <authid>EPSG:27700</authid><br>><br>> <description>OSGB 1936 / British National<br>> Grid</description><br>><br>> <projectionacronym>tmerc</projectionacronym><br>><br>> <ellipsoidacronym>airy</ellipsoidacronym><br>><br>> <geographicflag>false</geographicflag><br>><br>> </spatialrefsys><br>><br>> </destinationsrs><br>><br>> </mapcanvas><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> James Stott BSc (Hons) MSc | Senior Professional<br>> Nicholas Pearson Associates | 30 Brock Street | Bath | BA1 2LN<br>> T: 01225 445548 | M: -<br>> <a href="http://www.npaconsult.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.npaconsult.co.uk</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> From: <a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of James Stott<br>> Sent: 01 November 2011 09:15<br>> To: <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>> Subject: [Qgis-user] Scale seems strange in<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Hi all,<br>><br>><br>><br>> I am having problems with scales on v1.8 (7297b23) from OSGeo4W.<br>><br>><br>><br>> If I open an existing project everything is fine.<br>><br>><br>><br>> If I open data in a fresh QGIS session it is reporting strange scales.<br>> It doesn’t matter what source the data is. For example, I open a<br>> dataset and it reports 1:784735546. It seems to report correct<br>> distances. If I pan the scale changes.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I am using EPSG 27700 (British National Grid).<br>><br>><br>><br>> Does anyone have any idea what can be causing this?<br>><br>><br>><br>> James<br>><br>> James Stott BSc (Hons) MSc | Senior Professional<br>> Nicholas Pearson Associates | 30 Brock Street | Bath | BA1 2LN<br>> T: 01225 445548 | M: -<br>> <a href="http://www.npaconsult.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.npaconsult.co.uk</a><br>><br>> Nicholas Pearson Associates, LogoNicholas Pearson Associates, Latest<br>> News<br>><br>><br>><br>> Information and Registered Address<br>><br>> This Electronic Transmission is intended only for the attention of the<br>> addressee. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If<br>> you are not the person for whom it is intended, you must not copy,<br>> distribute or take any action in reliance on it. 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