Merge pull request #289 from cellofellow/master

Add feet to drawmapscale

Author: WeatherGod

lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py

@@ -4491,9 +4491,11 @@ def drawmapscale(self,lon,lat,lon0,lat0,length,barstyle='simple',\
             length = length*1609.344
         elif units == 'nmi':
             length = length*1852
+        elif units == 'ft':
+            length = length*0.3048
         elif units != 'm':
             msg = "units must be 'm' (meters), 'km' (kilometers), "\
-            "'mi' (miles) or 'nmi' (nautical miles)"
+            "'mi' (miles), 'nmi' (nautical miles), or 'ft' (feet)"
             raise KeyError(msg)
         # reference point and center of scale.
         x0,y0 = self(lon0,lat0)