map scale

A very large area is used for competition, and the map scale is smaller.

Work for soil surveys was done at a mapping scale 1 inch to the mile.

Going back to the source map, the level of detail and accuracy depends very much on the map scale.

The map scale is sixty-nine yards to the hex.

"A hell of a way to run a war," Lon mumbled as he adjusted the map scale to focus on the nearest threats.

The map scale had deceived me.

Group 1 errors include such sources of age as the data, areal coverage, map scale and density of observations.

(The usage large and small in relation to map scales relates to their expressions as fractions.

Map scales may be expressed in words (a lexical scale), as a ratio, or as a fraction.

Scale varies across the map, and the stated map scale will only be an approximation.

When calculated as a ratio against the map scale, a sense of the hilliness of the terrain can be derived.

Map scales require careful discussion.

The smaller the map scale and the smaller the ruler will result in more detail being revealed and thus a greater length.

O Map Scale models of Italy's major sights.

At a map scale of 2 metres per hex, some vehicles occupied as many as 8 hexes simultaneously.

Each of its five zoom levels is scanned from a different map series, so every feature is crisp and appropriate for the current map scale.

The image jumped as Ranson shrank the map scale, focusing tightly on la Reole.

The map was drawn at twice final map scale, and photographically reduced to produce the five film positives for printing.

A map scale is the size of an object compared to the size of the object's smaller representative on a map.

For that reason, significant characteristics such as the projection and map scale of an individual sheet will often be omitted from an index to a map collection.

Panzer General is an operational-level game, and units approximate battalions, although unit size and map scale from one scenario to the next are elastic.

Symbols are used in maps to complement map scale and projection by making visible the features, places, and other locational information represented on a map.

As a unique non-metric map scale, the 1:24,000 scale naturally requires a separate and specialized romer scale for plotting map positions.

Using open standards and documented APIs one can integrate (mash up) different data sources, if the projection system, map scale and data quality match.

The integrated navigation system allowed for another innovation - the projected map display system (PMDS) which accurately showed aircraft position on two different map scales.