[Qgis-user] map scale

[Alex Mandel]

On 05/08/2012 12:40 PM, Jake Maier wrote:
> Please I'm having a hard time with the scale in print manager.
> 
> I use UTM as datum but would like to print my maps in Miles and feet.
> 
> I changed the /settings/options/map tools to feet, but that did not change
> anything in the print master
> 
> There I tried 1609.344 in the segment size but I would need 0.3048 in the
> units per bar unit and I can only define 2 decimal places here and therefore
> I get 5364.48 feet as the scale display.
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm describing my problem very clear, but in short I'd like
> to use NAD83/UTM zone 19N as CRS but feet and miles for the scale bar. How
> can I best do that.
> 
> Who could please help me with this.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Jake
> 
>  
> 

I think you've found a bug in the decimal limit. As a workaround I think
you can move everything over a decimal place (so x10) and then adjust
the segment size/number of units per segment to come out to what you want.

Thanks,
Alex