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  2. Scale (map) - Wikipedia

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    A graphical or bar scale. A map would also usually give its scale numerically ("1:50,000", for instance, means that one cm on the map represents 50,000cm of real space, which is 500 meters) A bar scale with the nominal scale expressed as "1:600 000", meaning 1 cm on the map corresponds to 600,000 cm=6 km on the ground.

  3. Scale (geography) - Wikipedia

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    Cartographic scale or map scale: a large-scale map covers a smaller area but embodies more detail, while a small-scale map covers a larger area with less detail. Operational scale: the spatial extent at which a particular phenomenon operates. E.g. orogeny operates at a much larger scale than the formation of a river pothole does.

  4. Cartography - Wikipedia

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    Cartography (/ k ɑːr ˈ t ɒ ɡ r ə f i ... and scale bar points to the culmination of many map-making techniques incorporated into Chinese mercantile cartography ...

  5. Topographic map - Wikipedia

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    The cartographic style (content and appearance) of topographic maps is highly variable between national mapping organizations. Aesthetic traditions and conventions persist in topographic map symbology, particularly amongst European countries at medium map scales. [18]

  6. Map - Wikipedia

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    Cartography or map-making is the study and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a ... (respectively meaning to increase or decrease the scale), ...

  7. Earthquakes happen all the time, you just can't feel them. A ...

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    It's a logarithmic scale, meaning each number is 10 times as strong as the one before it. So a 5.0 earthquake is ten times stronger than a 4.0. So a 5.0 earthquake is ten times stronger than a 4.0.

  8. Linear scale - Wikipedia

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    The length of the line on the linear scale is equal to the distance represented on the earth multiplied by the map or chart's scale. In most projections, scale varies with latitude, so on small scale maps, covering large areas and a wide range of latitudes, the linear scale must show the scale for the range of latitudes covered by the map. One ...

  9. Map series - Wikipedia

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    Mairie de Loevenich (), from the Topographic Survey of the Rhineland by Tranchot/Müffling, sheet 57 (published 1806/07).. A map series is a group of topographic or thematic charts or maps usually having the same scale and cartographic specifications, and with each sheet appropriately identified by its publisher as belonging to the same series.