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Is it possible to specify a coordinate reference system (CRS) for the scalebar that is different to the project CRS?

Example: my project CRS uses geographic coordinates (lat/long), the reason being that I need a lat/long graticule on the map. However I would like the scalebar to be expressed in kilometres (i.e. projected distance units, rather than angular measures).

If this isn't currently possible, has this been flagged as a feature for future releases? (And what is the best way to do so?)

Another way of looking at the same question: it would be nice to be able to specify the CRS of the map grid / graticule, as in ArcMap.

NB this isn't a question of selecting scalebar units (e.g. miles / kilometres / metres.

Many thanks - Nick.

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You can try this tutorial: http://www.surfaces.co.il/?p=616 to put a different CRS graticule.

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Andre - many thanks. Indeed this is the temporary fix that we're planning to use. It works well, although the drawbacks are (a) it's time consuming for each new area to be mapped, and (b) grid labels for the 'false' grid (the one based on a vector grid layer) must be internal to the map frame rather than arranged outside of the neatline. – Nick McW. Aug 2 '12 at 15:24

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