[GRASS-dev] Scale display in GRASS Monitor

[Scott Mitchell]

I agree, sounds good.  I imagine that labelling it "approximate" or  
other such qualifier, with appropriate accompanying documentation,  
should cover the limitations.

On 20 Sep 2006, at 12:50, Patton, Eric wrote:

> I would welcome the addition of a scale. As long as a caveat is  
> included
> somewhere describing what the margin of error is, or how the scale  
> gets
> calculated.
>
> ~ Eric.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 9/20/2006 12:37 PM
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Scale display in GRASS Monitor
>
> Hi,
>
> the GRASS monitor does not show the approx. scale of the map.
> In the past I introduced that one or two times but it was
> reverted. Since every GIS shows a scale on screen, it is
> hard to explain why GRASS doesn't do it.
>
> So I launch a new attempt to get the scale (back) on top
> of the GRASS monitor... I know about dpi and all this stuff
> but we really don't need centimeter precision :-)
>
> Opinions?
> Markus
>
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