A map cannot be the same size as the area it represents. It needs to be scaled down to fit on a page or a screen. Map scales can be written in two ways, a simple scale with units or a ratio scale. A ...

It is not always possible to draw objects, such as a building, using the real-life measurements, as they are too big or in other cases, too small. Instead, a scale drawing is used to recreate ...

"What is a map scale? Sometimes we want to know how far apart places are. This is why maps have scales." And we can see the map scale for this map down here in the corner. "Scales help us measure the ...