No changing the map scale does not change actual distances.
if you say that:
1inch = 1 mile
or you say
2inches = 2 miles
The scale changed but the distance between one city and the next city is still the same.
Map scale
The SCALE of the map indicates the relationship between distances measured on a map and the actual distances.
That is the scale of that map.
The map key or scale.
It's called a map scale.
It is the 'scale factor'
The Scale.
Map scale
The SCALE of the map indicates the relationship between distances measured on a map and the actual distances.
That is the scale of that map.
That is the scale of that map.
It is called the scale ruler.
That is the scale of that map.
Scale
scale of the map. The scale of a map can be represented as a ratio, such as 1:10,000, indicating how much the distances on the map are reduced from the actual distances on the earth's surface.
The map key or scale.
The scale of a map indicates the relationship of actual distances to lengths measured on the map.