Index: trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SystemOfMeasurementTest.java
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--- trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SystemOfMeasurementTest.java	(revision 6421)
+++ trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SystemOfMeasurementTest.java	(revision 6422)
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Preferences;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.NavigatableComponent.SystemOfMeasurement;
+
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 /**
@@ -63,4 +67,14 @@
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDistTextLocalized() {
+        final DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("0.000", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.GERMAN));
+        assertEquals("0,001 m", NavigatableComponent.METRIC_SOM.getDistText(0.001, format, 1e-6));
+        assertEquals("< 0,010 m", NavigatableComponent.METRIC_SOM.getDistText(0.001, format, 0.01));
+        assertEquals("10,051 m", NavigatableComponent.METRIC_SOM.getDistText(10.0514, format, 0.01));
+        assertEquals("10,052 m", NavigatableComponent.METRIC_SOM.getDistText(10.0515, format, 0.01));
+        assertEquals("100,000 km", NavigatableComponent.METRIC_SOM.getDistText(100000.0, format, 0.01));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test of {@link SystemOfMeasurement#getAreaText} method.