Question about John Roberts cities style

kevbeck43 · February 2018

I know that when I make a map in feet and inches with the style and switch it to meters the map looks completely different. Why? I have come up with ways to compensate but I am just wondering why that is. I mean the distance on the map doesn't change does it? I 1000x800 map is still the equivalent of that in meters right?

JimP · February 2018

The scale changes would be my guess, and CC2/CC3/CC3Plus change scale of the symbols based on the distance of the map; width, height.

JMunsonII · February 2018

1 meter is not the same as 3 feet...

JimP · February 2018

correct, a meter is 39.37 inches while 3 feet is 36 inches. One of the many chunks of trivia in my tiny brain.

kevbeck43 · February 2018

Posted By: JimPcorrect, a meter is 39.37 inches while 3 feet is 36 inches. One of the many chunks of trivia in my tiny brain.

That actually explains a lot. Those two inches I think are making the difference. That means a shadow of 20 meters is actually 65 feet instead of 60. That makes all the difference.

JMunsonII · February 2018

If we're being really picky (and I'm being tongue-in-cheek here), that's actually 3.37"... XD

Gathar · February 2018

What do you mean by "switch it to meters"? Did you rescale all that was drawn? Did you also change the value of all effects that use map units?
Can you show some example?

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