Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapStatus.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapStatus.java	(revision 9884)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapStatus.java	(revision 9885)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     private transient CoordinateFormat previousCoordinateFormat = null;
     private final ImageLabel latText = new ImageLabel("lat",
-            null, 11, PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR.get());
+            null, LatLon.SOUTH_POLE.latToString(CoordinateFormat.DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS).length(), PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR.get());
     private final ImageLabel lonText = new ImageLabel("lon",
-            null, 11, PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR.get());
+            null, new LatLon(0, 180).lonToString(CoordinateFormat.DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS).length(), PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR.get());
     private final ImageLabel headingText = new ImageLabel("heading",
             tr("The (compass) heading of the line segment being drawn."),