{"id":1026,"date":"2016-04-25T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T22:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2016-04-25T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T22:33:31","slug":"google-maps-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/blog\/google-maps-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Scale in Miles &#8212; Change from Kilometers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Google Maps scale is displayed at the bottom right of the map in kilometers (or meters at close range), as shown in the diagram below.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1027\" style=\"width: 803px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/km.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1027\" src=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/km.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps Scale in Kilometers\" width=\"803\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Maps shows scale in km<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIf you want to see the Google Maps scale in miles (or feet), you&#8217;ll need to click on the scale to switch between kilometers and miles. This is okay once in a while, but can become irritating if you have to do it all the time for your maps.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve added a new customization where you can specify that you want the scale in miles for your map.<br \/>\nTo change this setting, use the Map -&gt; Settings menu to go to the settings page on your map menu. Then, click on the Map Display tab, check the box for <strong>Use &#8220;Miles&#8221; scale control<\/strong>, and hit Save Changes. Go back to your map and the scale should now be in miles instead of kilometers.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1029\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/settings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1029\" src=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/settings.jpg\" alt=\"Map Settings menu item\" width=\"552\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map Settings menu item<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/miles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1028\" src=\"\/\/content.zeemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/miles.jpg\" alt=\"Change Google Maps scale to miles in ZeeMaps\" width=\"626\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Change map scale to miles in ZeeMaps<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Google Maps scale is displayed at the bottom right of the map in kilometers (or meters at close [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-map_display"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google Maps Scale in Miles -- Change from Kilometers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Customize Google Maps scale in ZeeMaps to show the default scale in miles rather than in kilometers. 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