GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In other words, a map scale provides the relationship between the map and the whole or a part of the earth’s surface shown on it. We can also express this relationship as a ratio of distances between two points on the map and the corresponding distance between the same two points on the ground.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ratio between the distance on the paper and the actual distance on the ground is defined as the scale of a map. Example: 1 cm = 5 kms.-It means the distance on the paper between two points is 1 cm.-The distance on the ground (actual distance) is 5 kms.

Detailed explanation-3: -The map scale is printed in the map legend. It is given as a ratio of inches on the map corresponding to inches, feet, or miles on the ground. For example, a map scale indicating a ratio of 1:24, 000 (in/in), means that for every 1 inch on the map, 24, 000 inches have been covered on the ground.