How To Make A Map Scale

Click below to demo or try a risk free 3 day trial. To create a scale you must know the physical size of the map.

J B Krygier Geography 222 Lecture Outline

Next look up the specific distance as the crow flies a straight line distance between two locations on the map.

How to make a map scale. Easily create and share maps. Dont forget to login to save maps to your account. If you want to make a map first determine the scale of the map.

Unlock layeroverlay management list importing additional tools and more. Share with friends embed maps on websites and create images or pdf. This lesson will also demonstrate the steps needed to create a scale map.

Maps are often known as large scale or small scalea large scale map refers to one that shows greater detail because the representative fraction eg 125000 is a larger fraction than a small scale map which would have an rf of 1250000 to 17500000. Therefore you must measure the length of the map. Start by drawing a rough outline of the landmasses and their general size then go back over the outlines and add in detail along the coasts and borders.

For example if the map is 12 inches in length partition the map into one inch increments. This will determine how much land you cover and the amount of detail included in the map. This lesson will explain what a scale map is and how it represents two different things on the map expressed as a ratio.

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