[Geomoose-users] MAXSCALE / MINSCALE in mapbook not applicable mapfile layers?

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Dear all,
in GM2 I set maxscale / minscale at layer level in my mapbook.

I works perfectly well when using the feature with WMS layers that I 
include directly into GM without using a mapfile and turns these layers 
on/off at the specified scale.

However, when using "maxscale" on layer from a mapfile these settings 
seem to have no effect other than controlling the use of CSS for 
inscale/outscale in the catalogue. True or false?

The reason I am asking is that if I set
#mapfile
...
	MAXSCALEDENOM = 5000000
...

and
#mapbook catalogue
...
<layer ... maxscale="5000000"/>
...

the two settings seem not to correspond thoroughly. The layer will still 
be shown on the map but marked as "outscale" in the catalogue when 
zooming for instance to 1:5000500 (as shown in the GM scale box).

In order to make both setting correspond roughly I have to change my 
mapfile to

MAXSCALEDENOM = 5006600

which is kinda weird and makes administration a bit more painful.

I got "meters" set as units in both my mapbook & mapfiles? Do I need 
something else?

Thanks,
Nils

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