[Qgis-user] Checking what is the scale/resolution of vector layer

[Nick Hopton]

Luisa Peña wrote
> Dear all,
> I have a vector (in ESRI Shapefile) and I wanted to know what is its scale
> of oproduction (1:1000 or 1:100000 or something) since I have no
> associated
> metada.
> Thanks
> Luisa
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Hi Luisa, shapefiles don't have a 'scale' as such, you can render them in
QGIS at any scale that produces the result you are looking for, but it's for
you to set the scale for the project. For example, a lot of the shapefiles I
use render well at a scale of 1:25000 but in most cases I can also use them
at scales of say 1:10000 or 1:50000.

N.



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