[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers resolutions and scale questions

[Rob Hyx]

Thanks Worth, so how do you know if the scale is inches to inches or feet
to feet, etc.? What is the default?

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Worth Lutz <wal3 at mindspring.com> wrote:

>  Scale is a ratio, for example:   1 inch = 24000 inches   -or-
>   1/24000   -or-  1 ft. = 24000 feet****
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> http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/SettingZoomLevels ****
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> https://getsatisfaction.com/opengeo/topics/how_do_i_interpret_the_openlayers_scale
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> Worth****
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> openlayers-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Rob Hyx
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> *Subject:* [OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers resolutions and scale questions**
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> Hello all, I have a few questions that I can't seem to get cleared up in
> the OpenLayers documentation. ****
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>    - Someone asked me what is the units of measurement that are displayed
>    in the scale control? In other words 1:7M what? Or is it unit-less since
>    it's a ratio? Sorry if that's a dumb question. ****
>    - Next, when you manually specify the resolutions of the map (i.e.
>    map.resolutions = [...,...,...];), what units are those? I checked the map
>    in the DOM inspector and it says the units are 'degrees', does that mean
>    decimal degrees? ****
>    - Also if this or anything related to scale, resolution or Geo-spatial
>    accuracy in general is documented anywhere for OpenLayers, can someone
>    point me in that direction?****
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> Thanks in advance!****
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