Two Ways Of Showing Scale Explain Necessary Information To Map Readers

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Whether you find a map on a piece of paper or on a screen, the map is usually drawn to scale. “Scale” means how much space on the map equals a distance in the real world; for example, one inch on a map could equal one mile in the real world. Mapmakers can explain the scale in two ways. They can draw a line at the bottom of the map and write how long that line is in real life. They could also can write it as two numbers: one number to tell the distance on the map and the other number to tell what the distance is in real life. Both ways of showing scale explain necessary information to map readers.

Scale is very important to a person trying to understand the map. If you draw a map of your street, it will not be as long as the real street. The

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