Map scales are used so that you can tell the exact distance from place to place
for example if youy have a map with a large town adn you are wanting to travel from a shop to the CBD you would want to know approximatly how far this would be. you wouldn't want to start driving adn find out its 5okms away.
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A map that is not drawn to scale is pretty much useless.
Let us say for example that you were looking at a map of your school. You can tell, by looking at the map, that the distance from your locker to your science class is about the same distance as 2x the length of the gym. Since you know how large your gym is, having just come from there, you know how long it will take you to get to your science class. That is, of course, if the map is drawn to scale.
(example:)while driving from San Francisco to Boston
The four main properties of a map are scale (the ratio of distance on the map to the actual distance), orientation (the direction which the map is facing), legend (key for interpreting symbols and colors on the map), and title (the description or name of the map).
you use a map scale by measuring by inches
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.
It is the scale.
A map scale is very useful for providing a visual idea of the distance from location to another on the map. The scale is made smaller to show a comparison to the actual size in distance.
A map scale is very useful for providing a visual idea of the distance from location to another on the map. The scale is made smaller to show a comparison to the actual size in distance.
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when you go on a road trip.
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The map scale often will show distance in both miles and kilometers. In that way, the map is useful no matter what measure the person normally employs.
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.
(example:)while driving from San Francisco to Boston
The four main properties of a map are scale (the ratio of distance on the map to the actual distance), orientation (the direction which the map is facing), legend (key for interpreting symbols and colors on the map), and title (the description or name of the map).
because a road map tell the usual direction your heading its different from the other maps like the middle east map because your don't know the distant from that map only a road map does
The map needs a scale so that distances on the map can be worked out.