The scale on a printed map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the distance on the ground. For example, 1 inch on a 1:250000 scale map would be 250000 inches on the earth.
A large-scale map shows much more detail. For example - a 1:1000 map will show twice as much detail as a 1:2000 one. The higher the number - the smaller the scale is.
As an example, a map with a scale of 1:50,000 (one to fifty thousand centimetres) means that 1 centimetre measured on the map, represents 50,000 centimetre on the ground. Without knowing a map's scale. distance would be difficult to measure.
You would look at the scale of the map. The scale indicates the comparison between the distances on the map - to distances in the real world. For example... if the map scale shows 1:10,000 - That means every unit on the map is equal to 10,000 units in real life.
This is known as the scale.
A large scale map is a map with much more detail and focus in a particular area. For example, a map of a neighborhood or street compared to a small scale map, a map of Europe.
im pretty sure a scale map is basically a map that is not to scale or what ever the map is of it shrunk it down. for example if you made a mini map for your room just using a piece of printer paper it would be a scaled map because its not referencing the actual size
The scale on a map is how far it takes you to get there for example in my class we are learning all about KFC and we have to get a map on it the scale on the map would be that it takes you 500 kilometers to get there by foot, car. bus or train.
The scale on a printed map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the distance on the ground. For example, 1 inch on a 1:250000 scale map would be 250000 inches on the earth.
The map of 1:24000 scale is a large-scale topographic map, which indicates most terrain features.
Scale is used on maps, for one. There's usually a scale on maps that converts inches or centimeters on the map to actual distance.
It is know as the map's scale. For example, a map with a 1:50,000 (one to fifty thousand) means that one centimetre measured on the map, represent 50,000 centimetres on the ground.
Map scale is a way of representing actual distance in relation to a map. For example, a distance of 1 inch on the map may be equal to 10 actual miles.
A map's scale measures distance. It provides a ratio of the map's distance to the actual distance on the ground. For example, a scale of 1:100,000 means that 1 unit on the map represents 100,000 units on the ground.
Here is a little trick to know how to tell the difference between a large scale map, and a small scale map. A large scale map is a map where your house would look large on it. For example, a map of your neighborhood, or a map of you area. (You can see you house on this map) A small scale map is a map where your house would look small on it (or you can't see it at all), like a map of the world, or a map of Europe. So large scale = large house small scale = small house.
The scale 1:24000 is a numerical factor scale, equivalent to a large scale map.
The map scale represents the ratio of the map to the real thing. For example, a map scale might say that 1 inch equals 1 mile. That would mean that every inch on the map represents a mile for the real thing.