Question

what is a scale on map how is it revelent to us​

Answer 1

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀ ᴍᴀᴘ ɪꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴄᴀʟᴇ. ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴅᴇꜰɪɴᴇᴅ, ꜱᴄᴀʟᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ. ... ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ "ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜰʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ" ꜱᴄᴀʟᴇꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴀꜱᴜʀᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴘ 1 ɪɴᴄʜ ᴏʀ 1 ᴄᴇɴᴛɪᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛꜱ 10,000 ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ.

Answer 2

Answer:

The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. Simply defined, scale is the relationship between distance on the map and distance on the ground. ... These "representative fraction" scales mean that one unit of measurement on the map 1 inch or 1 centimeter represents 10,000 of the same units on the ground.