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The scale shows the comparison of a measured distance on the map - to the real-life distance it represents.
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What part of a map tells the relationship of distance on a map to a real distance on earth?
scale
What part of a map explains what symbols are?
The part of the map that explains what the map's symbols mean is called the legend. Besides notating what symbols are included in the map, a map legend also has a device made for measuring distance that shows how many miles to an inch or more.
What is used to convert distance on the map called?
Distance on the map to distance on the ground is converted using the scale on the map.
A map scale is essentially a ratio of unit of distance on the map to a unit of distance on Earth?
Yes
What is a key or legend?
That is the part of a map that shows what is represented by each of the different colors, types of lines, etc. It also shows the scale between a certain distance on the map and the actual distance represented.
The part of a map that is used to measure distance is called?
The map scale is a part of the map that is used to measure distance. The map scale can often be found in or around the map legend.
Where is the part of a map tells the relationship of this distance shown on the map to the real Distance on the earth?
No
What part of map tells the distance of things on a map?
the scale
What part of a map tells the relationship of distance shown on the map of real distance Earth?
The scale bar.
What part of a map tells a relationship of a distance on the map on the earth on?
The scale bar.
What is the part of the map that helps one find distance?
Scale
The part of the map that is used to measure distance is called?
the scale
The part of the map that is used to measure distance is called a?
Scale
What part of a map tell the relationship of distance shown on a real distance on earth?
The scale bar.
What is the part that shows how much space is on the map represents a given distance?
The "scale" of a map tells you how the map displays the actual distance.
What feature on a map shows the ratio of map distance to actually distance on earth?
It is the map's scale which is printed as part of the map's legend. For instance, a map with a 1:25,000 means that 1 centimetre measured on the map, represents 25,000 centimetres or 250 metres on the ground.
What part of an atlas would you find the relationships of distance shown on the map of real distance on the earth?
On the map legend, of which some time there is a scale which gives you the approximated distant!
