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Question
What do you mean by the term ‘the scale of the map’?
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Solution
Map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. For example, on a 1:100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.
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