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A Map Scale is a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.
in a 1:25,000 map, one centimetre on the map will be 25,000 centimetres in real life, how ever there are other certain things that can help on a map such as, on a 1:50,000 map from corner to diagonal corner of each square is about 1.4 kilometres and on a 1:63,360 map it is one mile from each vertical side.
Distance on the map to distance on the ground is converted using the scale on the map.
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The scale shows the comparison of a measured distance on the map - to the real-life distance it represents.
A direct mileage scales is a useful tool that shows distance on a map. This is a scaled down chart that compares the distance on a map with the actual distance.
A Map Scale is a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.
A graphic scale is one type of map scale, which tells you how distance on the map compares to the actual distance across the land. Graphic scales show the scale as a line or a bar with the distance markings on them. Other types of map scales include numeric (such as 1:24,000 means one inch on the map represents 24,000 inches on land), or verbal (1 inch=1 mile).
in a 1:25,000 map, one centimetre on the map will be 25,000 centimetres in real life, how ever there are other certain things that can help on a map such as, on a 1:50,000 map from corner to diagonal corner of each square is about 1.4 kilometres and on a 1:63,360 map it is one mile from each vertical side.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
A map scale is the amount that the drawing compares with an actual measurement. ie - one inch on the map may be equivalent to a mile. If it is a very detailed map then a mile may be as much as 4 inches (as on British Ordnance Survey maps.) On a page of an actual atlas showing a whole country, one inch can be 500 ore even a thousand miles. The scale is usually defined on the lower right corner of the map.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
Distance on the map to distance on the ground is converted using the scale on the map.
The scale of the map is the ratio between the distance on the map compared with the distance on the ground. It is used to determine the "real world" distance from the map distance.
the map scale