diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapView.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapView.kt
index 95398fb6c..321e3e82a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapView.kt
@@ -1305,12 +1305,15 @@ open class RNMBXMapView(private val mContext: Context, var mManager: RNMBXMapVie
     }
 
     var mScaleBarSettings = OrnamentSettings(enabled = false)
-
+    var mScaleBarIsMetricUnits = false
     fun setReactScaleBarEnabled(scaleBarEnabled: Boolean) {
         mScaleBarSettings.enabled = scaleBarEnabled
         changes.add(Property.SCALEBAR)
     }
-
+    fun setReactScaleBarIsMetricUnits(isMetricUnits: Boolean) {
+        mScaleBarIsMetricUnits = isMetricUnits
+        changes.add(Property.SCALEBAR)
+    }
     fun setReactScaleBarViewMargins(scaleBarMargins: ReadableMap) {
         mScaleBarSettings.margins = scaleBarMargins
         changes.add(Property.SCALEBAR)
@@ -1328,6 +1331,7 @@ open class RNMBXMapView(private val mContext: Context, var mManager: RNMBXMapVie
 
     private fun applyScaleBar() {
         mapView.scalebar.updateSettings {
+            isMetricUnits = mScaleBarIsMetricUnits
             updateOrnament("scaleBar", mScaleBarSettings, this.toGenericOrnamentSettings())
         }
         workaroundToRelayoutChildOfMapView()
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapViewManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapViewManager.kt
index 98febe73a..f8eb75a29 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapViewManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/components/mapview/RNMBXMapViewManager.kt
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ open class RNMBXMapViewManager(context: ReactApplicationContext, val viewTagReso
         mapView.setReactScaleBarEnabled(scaleBarEnabled.asBoolean())
     }
 
+    @ReactProp(name = "scaleBarIsMetricUnits")
+    override fun setScaleBarIsMetricUnits(mapView: RNMBXMapView, isMetricUnits: Dynamic) {
+        mapView.setReactScaleBarIsMetricUnits(isMetricUnits.asBoolean())
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "scaleBarViewMargins")
     override fun setScaleBarViewMargins(mapView: RNMBXMapView, scaleBarMargins: Dynamic) {
         mapView.setReactScaleBarViewMargins(scaleBarMargins.asMap())
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/location/LocationManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/location/LocationManager.kt
index daa77e534..babba4386 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/location/LocationManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnmapbox/rnmbx/location/LocationManager.kt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class LocationManager private constructor(private val context: Context) : Locati
 
     fun destroy() {
         dispose();
-        nStarts = -1000;
+        nStarts = 0;
     }
 
     ////
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ class LocationManager private constructor(private val context: Context) : Locati
     init {
         buildEngineRequest()
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerDelegate.java b/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerDelegate.java
index 63e6d3d15..c168ff9fb 100644
--- a/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerDelegate.java
+++ b/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerDelegate.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public void setProperty(T view, String propName, @Nullable Object value) {
       case "scaleBarEnabled":
         mViewManager.setScaleBarEnabled(view, new DynamicFromObject(value));
         break;
+      case "scaleBarIsMetricUnits":
+        mViewManager.setScaleBarIsMetricUnits(view, new DynamicFromObject(value));
+        break;
       case "scaleBarPosition":
         mViewManager.setScaleBarPosition(view, new DynamicFromObject(value));
         break;
diff --git a/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerInterface.java b/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerInterface.java
index d6c1139a3..3488af29e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerInterface.java
+++ b/android/src/main/old-arch/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNMBXMapViewManagerInterface.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public interface RNMBXMapViewManagerInterface<T extends View> {
   void setCompassViewPosition(T view, Dynamic value);
   void setCompassViewMargins(T view, Dynamic value);
   void setScaleBarEnabled(T view, Dynamic value);
+  void setScaleBarIsMetricUnits(T view, Dynamic value);
   void setScaleBarPosition(T view, Dynamic value);
   void setZoomEnabled(T view, Dynamic value);
   void setScrollEnabled(T view, Dynamic value);
diff --git a/example/src/examples/Map/Ornaments.tsx b/example/src/examples/Map/Ornaments.tsx
index 1b181568f..f3c34645e 100755
--- a/example/src/examples/Map/Ornaments.tsx
+++ b/example/src/examples/Map/Ornaments.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ type OrnamentButtonsProps = {
   ornamentType: OrnamentType;
   visibility: Record<OrnamentType, true | false | undefined>;
   position: Record<OrnamentType, OrnamentPosition>;
+  isMetricUnits?: boolean;
   onPressVisibility: (ornamentType: OrnamentType) => void;
   onPressPosition: (ornamentType: OrnamentType) => void;
+  onPressIsMetricUnits?: () => void;
 };
 
 const OrnamentButtons = ({
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ const OrnamentButtons = ({
   position,
   onPressVisibility,
   onPressPosition,
+  isMetricUnits,
+  onPressIsMetricUnits,
 }: OrnamentButtonsProps) => (
   <>
     <Button
@@ -57,6 +61,12 @@ const OrnamentButtons = ({
       title={'Position: ' + position[ornamentType]}
       onPress={(): void => onPressPosition(ornamentType)}
     />
+    {!!onPressIsMetricUnits && (
+      <Button
+        title={'Metric Units: ' + isMetricUnits}
+        onPress={(): void => onPressIsMetricUnits()}
+      />
+    )}
   </>
 );
 
@@ -68,6 +78,8 @@ const Ornaments = () => {
     [OrnamentType.ScaleBar]: undefined,
   });
 
+  const [scaleBarIsMetricUnits, setScaleBarIsMetricUnits] = useState(false);
+
   const [position, setPosition] = useState({
     [OrnamentType.Logo]: OrnamentPosition.BottomLeft,
     [OrnamentType.Attribution]: OrnamentPosition.BottomRight,
@@ -125,6 +137,7 @@ const Ornaments = () => {
         compassEnabled={visibility[OrnamentType.Compass]}
         compassPosition={POSITIONS[position[OrnamentType.Compass]]}
         compassImage={compassImage}
+        scaleBarIsMetricUnits={scaleBarIsMetricUnits}
         compassFadeWhenNorth={compassFadeWhenNorth}
         scaleBarEnabled={visibility[OrnamentType.ScaleBar]}
         scaleBarPosition={POSITIONS[position[OrnamentType.ScaleBar]]}
@@ -196,8 +209,12 @@ const Ornaments = () => {
           ornamentType={OrnamentType.ScaleBar}
           visibility={visibility}
           position={position}
+          isMetricUnits={scaleBarIsMetricUnits}
           onPressVisibility={handlePressVisibility}
           onPressPosition={handlePressPosition}
+          onPressIsMetricUnits={() => {
+            setScaleBarIsMetricUnits(!scaleBarIsMetricUnits);
+          }}
         />
       </Bubble>
     </>
diff --git a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapView.swift b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapView.swift
index f9b250560..85b5c4b68 100644
--- a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapView.swift
+++ b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapView.swift
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ open class RNMBXMapView: UIView {
   }
 
   var scaleBarEnabled: Bool? = nil
+  var scaleBarIsMetricUnits: Bool? = nil
   var scaleBarPosition: OrnamentPosition? = nil
   var scaleBarMargins: CGPoint? = nil
   
@@ -676,6 +677,11 @@ open class RNMBXMapView: UIView {
     scaleBarEnabled = value
     changed(.scaleBar)
   }
+
+  @objc public func setReactScaleBarIsMetricUnits(_ value: Bool) {
+    scaleBarIsMetricUnits = value
+    changed(.scaleBar)
+  }
   
   @objc public func setReactScaleBarPosition(_ position: [String: NSNumber]) {
     if let ornamentOptions = self.getOrnamentOptionsFromPosition(position) {
@@ -688,6 +694,11 @@ open class RNMBXMapView: UIView {
     if let enabled = scaleBarEnabled {
       mapView.ornaments.options.scaleBar.visibility = enabled ? .visible : .hidden
     }
+      
+    if let useMetricUnits = scaleBarIsMetricUnits {
+      mapView.ornaments.options.scaleBar.useMetricUnits = useMetricUnits
+    }
+      
     if let position = scaleBarPosition {
       mapView.ornaments.options.scaleBar.position = position
     }
diff --git a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewComponentView.mm b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewComponentView.mm
index 16fb98d3e..d940ff796 100644
--- a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewComponentView.mm
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     if (scaleBarEnabled != nil) {
         _view.reactScaleBarEnabled = scaleBarEnabled;
     }
+    
+    id scaleBarIsMetricUnits = RNMBXConvertFollyDynamicToId(newViewProps.scaleBarIsMetricUnits);
+    if (scaleBarIsMetricUnits != nil) {
+        _view.reactScaleBarEnabled = scaleBarIsMetricUnits;
+    }
 
     id scaleBarPosition = RNMBXConvertFollyDynamicToId(newViewProps.scaleBarPosition);
     if (scaleBarPosition != nil) {
diff --git a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewManager.m b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewManager.m
index 934808825..5719db6e6 100644
--- a/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewManager.m
+++ b/ios/RNMBX/RNMBXMapViewManager.m
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_REMAP_MODULE(RNMBXMapView, RNMBXMapViewManager, RCTViewMan
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(compassImage, reactCompassImage, NSString)
 
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(scaleBarEnabled, reactScaleBarEnabled, BOOL)
+RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(scaleBarIsMetricUnits, reactScaleBarIsMetricUnits, BOOL)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(scaleBarPosition, reactScaleBarPosition, NSDictionary)
 
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(zoomEnabled, reactZoomEnabled, BOOL)
diff --git a/src/components/MapView.tsx b/src/components/MapView.tsx
index 13042336f..dcd8c19c8 100644
--- a/src/components/MapView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MapView.tsx
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ type Props = ViewProps & {
    */
   scaleBarEnabled?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * [`mapbox` (v10) implementation only] Whether the scale bar is using metric unit. 
+   * True if the scale bar is using metric system, false if the scale bar is using imperial units. 
+   */
+  scaleBarIsMetricUnits?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * [`mapbox` (v10) implementation only] Adds scale bar offset, e.g. `{top: 8, left: 8}` will put the scale bar in top-left corner of the map
    */
@@ -486,6 +492,7 @@ class MapView extends NativeBridgeComponent(
     compassFadeWhenNorth: false,
     logoEnabled: true,
     scaleBarEnabled: true,
+    scaleBarIsMetricUnits: false,
     surfaceView: RNMBXModule.MapboxV10 ? true : false,
     requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent: false,
     regionWillChangeDebounceTime: 10,