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Scale bar provides a visual indication of the size of features, and distance between features, on the map. A scale bar is a line or bar divided into parts. It is labeled with its ground length, usually in multiples of map units, such as tens of kilometers or hundreds of miles.

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Changing scale bar interval and other settings on individual Data Driven Pages?

Sometimes I'll have a MXD set up as a mapbook using Data Driven Pages, but I'd like to display certain pages at a different scale than others in the same mapbook. I can do that using the Data Driven ...
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Subdividing scale bar segments using QGIS

How can I subdivide the scale bar segments in smaller subsegments? I want to style my scale bar like this:
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Setting Atlas scale and scale bar for each map to round number using QGIS

My AOI table looks like I have the following settings in the map frame. Notice the scale is not a round value. I have tried to change the value for 'Margin around feature' to 0 but this doesn't ...
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How to put North Arrow and Scale on map in COMPOSER in QGIS 2.2.0

I am new to QGIS and the questions asked and answered here about the North Arrow do not seem to help me solve my problem below. In the main mapping pane of QGIS 2.2.0 Valmiera, I can add the scale ...
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Putting scale bar labels below scale bar in QGIS?

I added two scale elements to my map composition. For layout harmonisation, I want the ticks and the label text below the scale bar. Standard is this: What I want is this (manually changed in the ...
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Automatically switch scalebar units at certain scale

I have a scalebar with a element-width of 70 mm. It has three segments and their width is set to be between 50 and 60 mm. Scalebar units are set to [m]. This works fine when it comes to automated ...
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How to set the default values for the ScaleBar in QGIS?

I often insert scalebars (that's quite common) in my maps, but the one set by default doesn't suit me at all. Example : Reference point : default is up and left i need it down and right Segments are ...
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Making Scale Bar in ArcMap end in zeros?

I need my the last scale number to show as 900 instead of 870, but can't find the right way to achieve this in ArcMap. I've tried many of the options in the Properties of my scale bar in ArcMap to ...
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Google Maps has inconsistent zoom level / scale ratio

At the same zoom level, the scale bar of a map from Google Maps API (v3) can have different sizes. Here are two screenshots I took at the same zoom level on the same map at two different locations. ...
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Numeric Scalebar round

The numeric scalebar in the map composer shows too detailed information on the output. Moving the Map canvas changes the scale depending on the moved distance on the map. We use EPSG 4258 (ETRS89) ...
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Measuring in Print composer and main layer window in QGIS 2.12.3 does not match

I work on the municipality level and I am composing print maps with scalebar. I noticed, that length (or scale of my maps) is presented different when items are measured in my main QGIS 2.12.3 layer ...
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How to get a list of map scales programmatically in ArcMap?

I need to get all map scales, which are shown in the ArcMap scalebar. I need list of value, something like: 1:1500 1:3000 1:6000 1:12000 1:24000 1:50000 1:100000 Does anyone know how to get it?
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Scalebar gives error in measurement in Qgis: Different measurements of distance on OSM tiles and GoogleEarth

I've created a map of Bordeaux using the QGIS map compositor by following this procedure: Used the OSM plugin to display an OSM map and zoomed to Bordeaux Used the print composer to create a map of ...
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Associating Inset Map with Layer?

I'd like to only display an inset map, inset map scale bar, frame and leader if an associated layer is displayed. Similar to Associate Point Layer, Annotation Group and Line Layer in Map Legend but ...
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Mapfish Print rendering incorrect Scalebar even with Geodetic setting

I'm trying to add a scalebar to my Mapfish Print pdf output but it's always rendering too small. I have seen a few solutions that suggest using the "geodetic": true setting in my requests, ...
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