[Qgis-user] Re: Issue with map units on scale bar (wgs84 prj) (qgis 1.6, win xp)

[percy langa]

Hi Howard,

Problem solved:

Segment size: 0.0100
Map units: 0.01
R Segment: 2
L Segment: 1

Also, how I do reply so that my message goes to the mailing list?

Thanks and cheers,
Percy

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:20 AM, hayamaguchi <hayamaguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Percy.  If your map unit is in meters (m) but want your scale bar to
> display kilometers (km), one way to do this in Composer would be to set some
> parameters in the "Scale bar" dialogue (under the "Item" tab when you have
> the scale bar selected).
>
> Assume that you want your scale bar to show one kilometer only.  You can set
> the "Segment size (map units)" to be 1000, and the "Map units per bar unit"
> to be 1000 as well.  Set "1 Right segments" and "0 Left segments."  That
> should give you a scale bar with one tick equivalent to 1 kilometer in
> length.
>
> Finally, set the "Unit label" to "Kilometer" or "km" or something like that.
>
> I hope it works for you!
>
> Howard Yamaguchi
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