[GIS] What are standard scales, or zoom levels, for map applications

arcgis-enginescale

I am working on an ArcEngine program that is restricted to a set of scales. It currently has:

1:187.5
1:375
1:750
1:1500
1:3000
1:6000
1:12000
1:24000
1:50000
1:100000

I don't think there's anything wrong with my scales, but I thought it would be interesting to know if there are any "standard" sets of scales used in web mapping or any other mapping applications.

Best Answer

Knowing which map scales match the zoom levels is important because sometimes caching a map takes a long time. If there’s any error in symbology or labeling settings for a certain zoom level, that map scale will need to be re-cached, which could take a lot of time. By browsing into the folders where the cached image tiles are stored, you can preview the tiles and verify that they look good. If they don’t, cancel the caching process, fix the map document, and re-start the caching process.

the above statement has taken from How can you tell what map scales are shown for online maps?, you can get more info here. and the following scales are from arcgis which i have been using for a long time that I have not had any difficulties so far...

if you want to mashup your maps with Google Map or sth else, you should use this map ranges:

range

i hope it helps you

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