[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers resolutions and scale questions

[Rob Hyx]

Never mind, that question is answered in the below link. Thanks again!

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Rob Hyx <robhyx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Worth, so how do you know if the scale is inches to inches or feet
> to feet, etc.? What is the default?
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> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Worth Lutz <wal3 at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>  Scale is a ratio, for example:   1 inch = 24000 inches   -or-
>>   1/24000   -or-  1 ft. = 24000 feet****
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>> Here are some helpful links:****
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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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>> *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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