Feature request #7975
Meaning of scale field not explained in Print Composer
| Status: | Feedback | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Map Composer/Printing | ||
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Easy fix?: | No | Copied to github as #: | 16832 |
Description
In Print Composer's Item Properties pane is a Scale field. The meaning of this field is not explained. All I can figure out is if I reduce the number in it, that zooms in within the currently-selected item.
Note that this is not a support request. This is a feature request for the UI to do a better job explaining what this field means. I guess it has something to do with the number of projection units displayed on the horizontal dimension of the viewport of the item, but I am not sure.
History
#1
Updated by Nyall Dawson over 11 years ago
- Assignee set to Nyall Dawson
- Priority changed from Normal to Severe/Regression
This should be a blocker - something has broken the scale calculation for composer map items, and numerical scale bars based off the map also reflect an incorrect value.
#2
Updated by Nyall Dawson over 11 years ago
- Priority changed from Severe/Regression to Normal
- Category deleted (
33) - Assignee deleted (
Nyall Dawson)
Actually - I've tracked down the problem I was experiencing - I had changed the CRS for a project, but the map extents in the composer retained the old coordinate system's values. Updating the extent fixed the scale problems I was having.
Aren - does this sound similar to what you are seeing, or is this a different issue? What values are you seeing for your map scales?
#3
Updated by Aren Cambre over 11 years ago
I do have a project CRS specified, and Enable 'on the fly' CRS transformation is selected.
I'm seeing 360795 in Scale in the Print Composer. Extents are:- X min: 1254970.060
- Y min: 1160240.042
- X max: 1350219.940
- Y max: 1226794.977
#4
Updated by Paolo Cavallini almost 11 years ago
- Target version changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - High Priority
#5
Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 10 years ago
- Category set to Map Composer/Printing
#6
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Easy fix? set to No
#7
Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 6 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
- Description updated (diff)
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