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If two locations are 1 km apart in actuality but only 1 cm apart on a map what is the map's scale?
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To find the scale:
- Convert the measurements to the same units (usually the smaller units)
- drop the units
- simplify
1 km = 1,000 m = 1,000 × 100 cm = 100,000 cm
Map scales are given with the map figure, then the real-life figure
→ map scale is 1 cm : 1 km (1cm on the map represents 1 km in the real world)
= 1 cm : 100,000 cm
= 1 : 100,000
(This final scale means that 1 whatever measured on the map represents 100,000 of the same whatevers measured in the real world, ie 1mm on the map is 100,000 mm = 100 m in the real world, 1 cm on the map is 100,000 cm = 1 km in the real world, etc.)
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1inch equals 5miles and map b 1inch equals 2miles?
Simple, you're dealing with two diferently scaled maps. Topographic maps are drawn to scale. This means that distances on a map are proportional to distances on the ground. For example, if two cities 20 miles apart are shown 4 inches apart on a map, then any other locations that are 4 inches apart on the map are also 20 miles apart. This proportion, the map scale, is constant for the map so it holds for any points on the map. In this example the proportion between equivalent distances on the map and on the ground is expressed as a scale of 1 inch = 5 miles, that is 1 inch on the map is equal to 5 miles on the ground. The simplest form of map scale is a VERBAL SCALE. A verbal scale just states what distance on a map is equal to what distance on the ground, i.e. 1 inch = 5 miles from the example above. Though verbal scales are easy to understand, you usually will not find them printed on topographic maps. Other types of scale used are the fractional scale and the bar scale. In the case of your question, 1in = 5miles equates roughly to a fractional scale of 1:312,500 and 1in = 2miles equates roughly to a fractional scale of 1:125,000
How are maps and scale drawings related to ratios and proportions?
You need ratios to find out what scale to use.
Two dimensional maps usually show in area shape or scale?
distortion
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Apart from sketch maps, maps are to scale. The distance on a map is a ratio of the distance in the real world.
Why must a map have a scale?
Maps need a scale so that people can see how far things are apart on the map and relate this distance to real distances on the ground.
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Large scale maps are enlarged maps to show cities and sometimes small towns. Small scale maps are maps shrunken down only to show countries and continents. -The person-
What is the difference large scale and small scale maps?
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The types of maps are not determined by scale. There is no limit for a scale on a map.
1inch equals 5miles and map b 1inch equals 2miles?
Simple, you're dealing with two diferently scaled maps. Topographic maps are drawn to scale. This means that distances on a map are proportional to distances on the ground. For example, if two cities 20 miles apart are shown 4 inches apart on a map, then any other locations that are 4 inches apart on the map are also 20 miles apart. This proportion, the map scale, is constant for the map so it holds for any points on the map. In this example the proportion between equivalent distances on the map and on the ground is expressed as a scale of 1 inch = 5 miles, that is 1 inch on the map is equal to 5 miles on the ground. The simplest form of map scale is a VERBAL SCALE. A verbal scale just states what distance on a map is equal to what distance on the ground, i.e. 1 inch = 5 miles from the example above. Though verbal scales are easy to understand, you usually will not find them printed on topographic maps. Other types of scale used are the fractional scale and the bar scale. In the case of your question, 1in = 5miles equates roughly to a fractional scale of 1:312,500 and 1in = 2miles equates roughly to a fractional scale of 1:125,000
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If details are needed (larger) smaller or fewer details (small)
