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This means that the size of a territory or the distance between two places shown on the map is proportional to the actual size or distance. For example, if the scale is 1:45000, it means that 1 cm on the map represents 45000 cm in real.

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Scale means the drawn in exact relation to that which is being drawn. Example: If you are drawing something that is 10 feet wide, to keep it scale you can draw it 10 inches wide thus one inch represents one foot. The same could be said for mileage scaled down or conversely a schematic of electronics that is enlarged and one inch on the drawing may represent one millimeter in reality.

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It means that the map's length is drawn according to a certain scale. For example, if they say that the map is drawn to scale, and they give a scale like 1cm=2km, for every 1cm on the map, it is 2km in real life.

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Q: What do people mean when they say'' a map is drawn to scale?
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