Adding a scale bar to my layout shows an incorrect scale (see image).
I am using EPSG:2097. What do I need to do to make the scale bar show the correct scale?
QGIS – Fixing Incorrect Scale Bar in Print Composer
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It is purely due to the wrong UTM Zone. Choose the appropriate UTM Zone of the country or region that you are working on.
I don't think there's an option yet which allows you to put the units below the scalebar. An alternative could be to:
Modify your current scalebar and set its
Font colourto match the background colour:Item Properties > Fonts and colours > Font colourCopy your scalebar and paste it directly below your original scalebar. Then set its
Font colourto black and itsLine colourto transparent:Item Properties > Fonts and colours > Font colour > Line colourYou can then select your scalebars and group them, allowing you to move them easily as if they were one:
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While working in QGIS' Layout Manager, you want to make sure that the scale bar is referred to a specific map which in turn needs to be in a projected CRS (from the
Mapdrop-down menu):That is because if CRS of the project is a Geographic one (i.e. Lat/Long), the scale bar is showing degrees, even if the label was forced to show 'm' for meters through the
Scalebar unitsdrop-down.If you want a scale bar with lengths in actual meters/km/feet, change the project's CRS to a projected one (like UTM, for example).
From the menu
Project->Properties->CRStabLastly, make sure that in Layout Manager, the map referred to by the Scale bar object shows a projected CRS: