How to render current map scale via mapscript?

[Oliver Wesp]

scale is an attribute of mapObj. I don't know for phyton but for java its
simple: map.getScale()

On Nov 14, 2007 6:50 PM, David Niergarth <dn at hddesign.com > wrote:

> Using an html template, I can render the current map scale using [scale].
> How
> can I do this from mapscript?
>
> I'm not using html templates. Instead, I start with a map file,
> instantiate it
> in Python mapscript, add various layers, then render the map and legend.
>
> I'm trying to tweak my map file (adjusting MAXSCALE, MINSCALE for layers)
> but
> it's tedious without knowing what mapserver thinks the current map scale
> is. Is
> there some simple way to calculate the current scale?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> --David
>
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