[mapserver-users] scalebar wrong with epsg:3857

[b.j.kobben at utwente.nl]

This could be map distortion easily. What latitude is the mile x mile box you are showing on...? 

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On 29/01/2018, 00:07, "Richard Greenwood" <richard.greenwood at gmail.com> wrote:

This is a larger error than simple map distortion. See screen shot below. The orange dashed lines are a grid of 1 mile x 1 mile (5280 feet). The upper scale bar that says "5000 ft" is generated
 by OpenLayers and is pretty good. The lower scale bar is generated by MapServer is off by 25% to 30%.



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On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 1:37 PM, <b.j.kobben at utwente.nl> wrote:

No scalebar is ever correct on any map if the map is not having an 'equal area' (sometimes called 'equivalent') projection -- meaning the areas are comparable/not distorted over the map. The 3857, being a Mercator projection is not, and indeed here the distortions
 reach from none at the equator to huge at the poles (officially endless - theoretically the poles are points, but depicted as lines...)

The software you use makes no difference, although some specialised ones let you show distortions using indicators called Tissot-indicatrices)

http://kartoweb.itc.nl/geometrics/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot%27s_indicatrix


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On 28/01/2018, 20:36, "mapserver-users on behalf of Richard Greenwood" <mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of
richard.greenwood at gmail.com> wrote:

The scalebar created by MapServer 4.6 is too short when I'm using epsg:3857. I'm guessing that it's correct at the equator and gets worse as you get further north or south? Has anyone else experienced this and possibly have a solution?


Thanks,
Rich


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