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Map Scale

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What is scale ?

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A scale is the ratio between distance of any two points on the map and the actual distance of the same points on the ground.

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Scale enables us to prepare accurate maps and it helps in measuring distances.

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1. Statement of scale,
2. Representative Fraction (R.F.),
3. Linear scale.

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R. F. is just a ratio of map distances and ground distances and has no unit of its own.

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