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Scale and data precision

In the metadata of a database containing locations of natural hazards, it appears that the accuracy of the georeferencing of each point is associated with a scale of 1:10,000. How can I associate this ...
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Resolution of results exported from Google Earth Engine

I use this code to export my classification result from Sentinel2 images in GEE: // Export the results to Drive Export.image.toDrive({ image: result, description: 'Unsupervised Classified Image', ...
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QGIS - Exporting a raster layer without smearing individual rasters (so you can zoom)

I've been working with a raster map in QGIS (a shape file made up from squares) and now I'm trying to export it. I want to create an overview map for Germany that allows some magnification to look at ...
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How to make the display of a satellite image the same across users?

I have a group of users counting objects in a satellite image. To keep viewing conditions the same I wish each user to have the same display (e.g., the same scale). To do this, I have asked users to ...
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Print Openlayers WMS map with fixed scaling

I need to print a map with a fixed scale (1:500 and 1:1000) on A4. The online map is done with Openlayers, the print request is sent to QGIS Server using WMS getPrint function. I mange to get an ...
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Which is the View.getResolution() units? [duplicate]

In OpenLayers v5, if I have a view defined like this: var view = new View({ center: [952014.59, 5571269.68], zoom: 8 }); , trying to get its resolution doing view.getResolution() outputs 611....
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Appropriate resolution for regression analysis

I'm using ArcMap 10.3. I'm a student working on a research problem where I'm taking Landsat imagery (at 30-meters resolution) and regressing it against other datasets captured at different scales (up ...
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How to get extent from current resolution in OpenLayers 3 for printing

I need to print a map with a fixed scale of 1:500 horizontally on a A4 paper (297x210mm). The map is done with Openlayers, the print request is sent to QGIS server using WMS getPrint function. Till ...
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GeoServer - Conversion formula between scale and resolution

I am trying to figure out what is the conversion formula between scale and resolution used by GeoServer, specifically when creating a new gridset for Tile Caching. One would expect that the conversion ...
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MapProxy WMS Print Scale Problem

The application that I work with consumes WMS services created in Geoserver via MapProxy. I used ysld to style my layers. As long as I want just display my layers in the application, the scales that I ...
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leaflet 2 layers with different resolutions

EDIT : Wrong projection pastet into this post. Im trying to add 2 layers to the same leaflet map that have different resolutions. They got the same Projection and bounds but different resolution. I ...
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Calculate Bounding Box from Center at scale

So I was trying to find my answer in Calculating bounding box by given center and scale in Android? And below is what I've implemented (Ruby) with the size heigh/width in pixels being the same as a ...
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Image resolution and image scale of air photo

I was wondering if 2 aerial photos of different scales can have the same resolution. My understanding is they cannot as fine resolution images will only cover a small area and vice versa?
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Why 1 cm is 1 km in my map? [closed]

I have this map in ArcMap (you can download my map document from here), and I don't know why, but if I set the scale to 1:1, I can see my whole city. When I used the measure tool, I found out that ...
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Relationship between scale, ppi, and map resolution

Wanting to know the screen resolution (pixels per inch) of my device, I displayed my map resolution and scale using this openlayers code: console.log("resolution: " + map.getResolution()); console....
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How to get bounds coords by center LatLng point, width and height in pixels and zoom?

I have to calculate bounds coordinates to query mongodb box on server side to get data before google maps is loaded. How can I get four LatLng corners by center LatLng point, window width and height ...
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Worldwide High-Resolution Water Body Shapefiles with Consistent Scale

Where from your website can I access worldwide vector water body shapefiles that have better resolution than the generic SRTM 90m data? Do you have coastlines and inland features (lakes, estuaries, ...
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How to calculate pixels per meter ratio, according to Google or Bing map zoom level?

I have an image and detect two points in the image. I want to calculate the distance between these two points. I'm using Google map and Bing map. I have x,y pixel values for both two points zoom ...
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references for the colloquial naming of spatial data resolution

In our era of data deluge, many folks, including myself, quest for ill-defined "high-resolution" datasets. I suspect that colloquial description of spatial resolution as "high" or "low" is and will ...
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Calculating bounding box by given center and scale in Android?

Given these conditions: a scale like 1:50000 the center of the viewport is 100°E, 20°N the size of the viewport is 400x600 How can I calculate the bounding box of the viewport? The geographic ...
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Openlayers + WMS layer. Use scale or resolution + DPI

I have a problem with displaying map with WMS layer in Openlayers. I'm able to display it but the image of the map is not sharp especially at higher zooms. I have a documentation from the map ...
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Dimensional analysis/conversion problem: Map scale to image resolution (dpi)

Given a map scale of 1:17,200 and a raster whose cell size is 6 inches, what resolution (dots per inch) should I choose when exporting the map to an image in order to maintain the raster's native ...
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MapServer computes wrong map scales -- off by factor 0.77. Or is it just me?

I've noticed in a current project that MapServer seems to get the map scale wrong, or then I'm wrong, but don't see how. My mapfile contains the following definitions: RESOLUTION 72 # this is the ...
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