---
title: showsScale
framework: mapkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkitjs/map/showsscale
---

# showsScale

A feature visibility setting that determines when the map displays the map’s scale indicator.

## Declaration

```data
get showsScale(): FeatureVisibility;
set showsScale(showsScale: FeatureVisibility);
```

## Discussion

Discussion The scale doesn’t display above a specific zoom threshold (7500 meters per point). MapKit JS handles the placement of the scale automatically as follows: When the map shows the zoom control, the map displays the scale indicator in the opposite top corner. When the user location control already occupies the opposite corner, the scale indicator shifts horizontally to prevent overlap. When the map has no zoom or user location control, the map positions the scale indicator in the leading corner based on the text direction (top-left for LTR and top-right for RTL). MapKit JS ignores invalid values, but reports them to the console.

## See Also

### Showing the map’s controls

- [showsCompass](mapkitjs/map/showscompass.md)
- [showsMapTypeControl](mapkitjs/map/showsmaptypecontrol.md)
- [showsUserLocationControl](mapkitjs/map/showsuserlocationcontrol.md)
- [showsZoomControl](mapkitjs/map/showszoomcontrol.md)