Scale units

[Thy, Kristian]

Hi list,

(First off, to clarify: In my terminology 1:10.000 is a LARGER scale
than 1:20.000. This seems to be the reverse of Mapserver's definition.)

I was under the impression that the numbers in MAXSCALE and MINSCALE
were defined like this:

	MAXSCALE 10000 # Meaning layer is drawn at down to 1:10000, but
not at smaller scales

But when I define my layers like this and publish a WMS, the
GetCapabilities doc states:

	<ScaleHint min="0" max="4.98902848429637" />

And when I yank the WMS into ArcMap, it says that my layer has a minimum
scale of 1:17.639 where I wanted 1:10.000 ...

This leaves me very confused as to what the number in the MAXSCALE
actually means and how this is translated into the number in the WMS
definition. Can anybody shed light on this? If this is just a case of
RTFM a link would be appreciated ;-)

best regards,
Kristian Thy


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