[Xastir] Question Map - Enable Map Grid

Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo.com
Wed Jan 9 18:04:38 EST 2008


On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, William McKeehan wrote:

> I just started playing with this feature today and did not get what I expected.
>
> I expected the grid to be drawn at "even" numbers (ie., 083 00.00, 082 00.00,
> etc.). What I got was what appears to be random but equally spaced.
>
> Can anyone tell me the logic behind where the lines are drawn?
>
> If it is already documented somewhere, a pointer to that documentation would
> be fine as well.

Depends on your zoom level and on whether you're in one of the UTM
or lat/long coordinate systems.

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