How to Read Map Scale
The First Number of the Scale Is Always One. It’s Your Unit of Measurement, Usually an Inch. the Second Number Is the Ground Distance. for Example, If Your U...
How To Read Map Scale?
The first number of the scale is always one. It’s your unit of measurement, usually an inch. The second number is the ground distance. For example, if your U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map has a scale of 1:24,000, it means that 1 inch on the map is equal to 24,000 inches (2,000 feet or 610 meters) in the real world.Apr 8, 2020
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What does a map scale of 1 to 25000 mean?
The basics
On a 1:25 000 map, such as an OS Explorer, one unit of length on the map represents 25,000 units on the ground. So 1cm on the map represents 25,000cm or 250 metres on the ground.
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