[MapServer-dev] Motion: adopt RFC-142: Geodesic Scalebar Measurement

[Tamas Szekeres]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you, I'm fine with that plan.

Best regards,

Tamas


Jeff McKenna via MapServer-dev <mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org> ezt írta
(időpont: 2026. szept. 15., K, 15:40):

> Hi Tamas,
>
> Thanks for your efforts on this. I am a +1. However, my only concern is
> which release this should be included in - my gut feeling is that this
> should be included in the MapServer 9.0.0 release.  It seems like quite
> a drastic change (but a big improvement) for a minor release.
>
> This might also push us to release 9.0.0 sooner than later.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2026-09-15 6:15 a.m., Tamas Szekeres via MapServer-dev wrote:
> > Dear PSC,
> >
> > I would like to motion to adoptRFC-142: Geodesic Scalebar
> > Measurement.Based on the discussion of this RFC <https://
> > lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2026-May/017361.html> I've
> > simplified the solution by removing the MEASURE parameter (therefore the
> > RFC has been renamed) and that the result represents horizontal local
> > scale at the map center (not bound to the actual scalebar location).
> > According to Even's suggestion, if the project has a CRS we use the
> > geodesic scale, otherwise fallback to cartesian method.
> >
> > The modified RFC can be found here: https://mapserver.org/development/
> > rfc/ms-rfc-142.html <
> https://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-142.html>
> >
> > The corresponding PR with the suggested changes: https://github.com/
> > MapServer/MapServer/pull/7507/changes <https://github.com/MapServer/
> > MapServer/pull/7507/changes>
> >
> > Starting with my +1,
> >
> > Tamas
> >
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