When a map is drawn to scale it means that it is not drawn the same distance as if it were a real thing like from NY to NC they wouldn't draw it as the same distance they would draw it a certain amount of inches apart and they give you a scale for the distance for example the scale might be for every 2 inches is 3,000 miles in the actual distance
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2006-04-11 07:04:05 UTC
The distance from one place to another may be 1,000 km (or miles if you're in the U.S.) but obviously you cannot handle a map like that! So, a scale is used to represent actual distance. And the more land area on the map the greater the scale difference. If you are looking at a map of a city the scale may be 1:2 meaning 1 inch equals 2 miles. However, looking at a map of North America the scale may be 1:500.
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