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What name is used for the explanation on a map of a map of symbols and scales?
The name used is a 'legend'
What is the name of the part of a map contains information on what the map's symbols mean?
It is called the legend or key .
What is the name of the part of the map that contains information on what the maps symbols mean?
The legend.
What is the purpose of a map key or a legend?
The map key or legend helps map readers understand the relative distances, features, and sites printed on the map.When you open a map, you can usually find the legend near a corner. The legend identifies the symbols used on the map, the distance bars and the caveats that the map makers included in the map.
What does a legend of a map tell you?
nothing
What is another name for a map legend?
Another name for a map legend is key.
What is another name for the legend of the map?
map key
What is another word for a map key?
Map legend.
What name is used for the explanation on a map of a map of symbols and scales?
The name used is a 'legend'
What do you use to find out the distance from one place to another on a map?
A protractor, and the legend of the map.
What is the name of the part of a map that tells information about the map symbols?
its called a key or a legend
What is the name of the part of a map contains information on what the map's symbols mean?
It is called the legend or key .
What is a list of all of a map's symbols called?
The list of a map symbols is called the Key.
What tells you what symbols on a map represent?
The key of the map explains all the symbols used on the map.
Another name for a key on a map?
The Key, or Legend, or a map gives a list of the symbols used on the map and what they represent. There is a fairly standard set of symbols used for different types of map so that anyone looking at the map can understand what it is being shown. For example, on a weather map a cold front is shown as a black line with semi-circular bumps (in blue if coloured), a warm front is shown as a black line with triangles (in red if coloured) and an occluded front is shown as a black line with alternate semi-circular bumps and triangles.
What part of a map explains what the symbols used on the map mean?
The title of a map indicates the subject, and it is found in the legend which also explains all of the map symbols.
What is map legend?
Map lengend is Topographic map and most other maps that have a legend.
