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Scalebar

Description

This sample shows how to add a scalebar to a map. The scalebar can be added to the map or in a user-specified location. The code below shows the default scalebar which displays in the bottom-left corner of the map.You can modify the location of the scalebar by setting the attachTo option to one of the following values top-right, bottom-right, top-center, bottom-center, bottom-left, top-left.

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
   
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
   
   
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
   
<title>Map with scalebar</title>
   
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.46/esri/themes/calcite/dijit/calcite.css">
   
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.46/esri/themes/calcite/esri/esri.css">
   
<style>
      html
, body { height: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
     
#map{padding:0;}
   
</style>

   
<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.46/"></script>
   
<script>
     
var map;

      require
([
       
"esri/map", "esri/dijit/Scalebar",
       
"dojo/parser",

       
"dijit/layout/BorderContainer", "dijit/layout/ContentPane", "dojo/domReady!"
     
], function(
       
Map, Scalebar,
        parser
     
) {
        parser
.parse();

        map
= new Map("map", {
          basemap
: "topo-vector",
          center
: [-116.093, 34.218],
          zoom
: 7
       
});

       
var scalebar = new Scalebar({
          map
: map,
         
// "dual" displays both miles and kilometers
         
// "english" is the default, which displays miles
         
// use "metric" for kilometers
          scalebarUnit
: "dual"
       
});
     
});
   
</script>
 
</head>

 
<body class="calcite">
   
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/BorderContainer"
         
data-dojo-props="design:'headline', gutters:false"
         
style="width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;">

     
<div id="map"
           
data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane"
           
data-dojo-props="region:'center'"
           
style="overflow:hidden;">
     
</div>

   
</div>
 
</body>
</html>
 
         
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