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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. Map series - Wikipedia

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    In most European countries, the largest scale topographic map series is a 1:25.000 scale series. Notable exceptions are Austria (1:50,000) and Finland (1:20,000). Many non-European states limit the largest scale of their map series, usually to 1:50,000 scale, frequently due to the large size of the country covered (and hence for financial reasons).

  4. Swisstopo - Wikipedia

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    The same is true for the 1:50.000 map 285 Domodossola. In both cases, no 1:25.000 maps have been published for the corresponding part of the 1:50.000 map: at the 1:25.000 scale, some maps are a tiny bit larger than others, to be able to get all of Switzerland onto a map without the need of maps with less than 0.1% domestic territory on it.

  5. Hellenic Military Geographical Service - Wikipedia

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    The maps use the Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987 (HGRS87 or ΕΓΣΑ'87) which specifies a Transverse Mercatorial Projection mapping Greece in one zone. 1:25.000 scale - 26 maps available for regions near Athens; 1:50.000 scale - approximately 385 maps; 1:100.000 scale - around 130 maps available; 1:250.000 scale - 32 maps available

  6. National Maps of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Many of 1:50,000 scale map sheets are also available as hiking maps (with highlighted trails) or as ski tour maps. The Federal Office of Topography also publishes the following digital products: National Map 1:25,000 on DVD (Swiss Map 25); National Map 1:50,000 on DVD (Swiss Map 50); National Map 1:100,000 on CD-ROM (Swiss Map 100); and

  7. National mapping agency - Wikipedia

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    This scale is unique to the United States, [citation needed] where nearly every other developed nation has introduced a metric 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 large scale topo map. The USGS also publishes 1:100,000 maps covering 30 minutes latitude by one degree longitude, 1:250,000 covering one by two degrees, and state maps at 1:500,000 with California ...

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  9. World Map 1:2,500,000 - Wikipedia

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    The production of a 1:2,500,000 scale map of the world had been discussed since the late 1940's, partly because many cartographers were dissatisfied with the work on the International Map of the World (or Millionth Map, after its scale of 1:1,000,000).