convertimate Map zoom levels

Feet per pixel to zoom level

Type a value in ft/px to get it in zoom instantly.

18zoom

That's 2× as detailed as zoom 19 (buildings), while zoom 16 (streets) is 4× coarser. At latitude 45° that is about 0.4224 m per pixel.

What it means

How much ground per pixel?

At the equator, for 256-pixel Web Mercator tiles; multiply by the cosine of the latitude elsewhere. Map scale assumes a 96 dpi screen.

The math

How to convert ft/px to zoom

m/px = 156,543.03 ÷ 2^zoom at the equator; zoom = log₂(156,543.03 ÷ m/px).

Example: 1.96 ft/px = 17.9994 zoom.

Every unit

That zoom in every unit

Tables

ft/px to zoom conversion table

ft/px to zoom conversion table
ft/pxzoom
0.245 ft/px20.9994 zoom
0.49 ft/px19.9994 zoom
0.98 ft/px18.9994 zoom
1.96 ft/px17.9994 zoom
3.92 ft/px16.9994 zoom
7.84 ft/px15.9994 zoom
15.7 ft/px14.9976 zoom
31.3 ft/px14.0022 zoom
62.7 ft/px12.9999 zoom
125 ft/px12.0045 zoom
502 ft/px9.99872 zoom
2,010 ft/px7.99729 zoom
8,020 ft/px6.00088 zoom
32,100 ft/px3.99998 zoom
128,000 ft/px2.00448 zoom
zoom to ft/px conversion table
zoom to ft/px conversion table
zoomft/px
0 zoom513,593 ft/px
2 zoom128,398 ft/px
4 zoom32,099.5 ft/px
6 zoom8,024.88 ft/px
8 zoom2,006.22 ft/px
10 zoom501.555 ft/px
12 zoom125.389 ft/px
13 zoom62.6944 ft/px
14 zoom31.3472 ft/px
15 zoom15.6736 ft/px
16 zoom7.8368 ft/px
17 zoom3.9184 ft/px
18 zoom1.9592 ft/px
19 zoom0.9796 ft/px
20 zoom0.4898 ft/px
21 zoom0.2449 ft/px

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many zoom is 1 ft/px?
1 ft/px is 18.9703 zoom.
How many zoom is 10 ft/px?
10 ft/px is 15.6483 zoom.
How many zoom is 1.96 ft/px?
1.96 ft/px is 17.9994 zoom.

The units

About these units

Feet per pixel (ft/px)

Ground resolution in feet.

Zoom level (zoom)

Web Mercator zoom level, 0 (world) to about 22.

Learn more about map resolution units

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