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What is the difference between Map Scale and Scale?

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I. Klose

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Answered Apr 28, 2020

The correct answer to this question is B, Scale is the size of a feature on a map, and on Earth, and Map Scale is the relationship between distance on a map and on Earth. A map scale is a ratio that is between the distance on Earth and the distance on a map. 1:100000 is an example of a map scale.

This ration means that 1 centimeter on a map is equivalent to 1 kilometer on Earth. There are two types of scales, which are large scales and small scales. A map that shows towns or neighborhoods would be a large scale. A map that shows a specific location would be a small scale.

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Islas

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Answered Sep 13, 2017

The answer is letter B. The difference between a map scale and scale is that scale is the size of a feature on a map and on Earth, while map scale is the relationship between the distance on a map and on Earth. To make this easy to understand, a map scale refers to the ratio given between the distance on a map and its corresponding distance on Earth.

An example of map scale is 1:100000 which means that 1 centimeter on the map is equal to 1 kilometer on Earth. There are two types of scale: 1) Large Scale which shows a smaller amount of a specific area coupled with a great amount of detail. An example of a large scale maps are those which show small towns or neighborhoods, and 2) small scale which shows a larger area, but only with a few details on it. An example of small scale maps are those which show a specific region, country or continent.

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AddisonTN

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Answered Aug 18, 2017

Scale is the size of a feature on a map and on Earth and Map Scale is the relationship between distance on a map and on Earth

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