Map Scale Geography - Map Scale

What is small scale map?

What is large scale map?

What is linear scale?

What is numerical scale?

What is verbal scale?

What is the need to use map scale? Think about it and write a paragraph.

Which of the following scale will you prefer to use: (a) Verbal scale (b) Numerical scale (c) Linear scale?

Convert numerical scale of 1 : 10000000 to a verbal scale in the metric system.

Convert verbal scale of 1cm = 53 km to a numerical scale.

The distance between two points A and B on the ground is 500 m. Show this distance on paper by a line of 2 cm. Express the map scale by any one method and mention it.

There are two maps with respective scales of 1cm = 100 m and 1cm = 100 km. Give well reasoned answer as to which of them would be a large scale map and which a small scale map. Recognize the types of maps.

Classify maps showing the following areas into small scale or large scale:(1) Building (2) School (3) Country of India (4) Church (5) Mall (6) World map (7) Garden (8) Dispensary (9) Maharashtra state (10) The north sky at night.

Which of the following scale indicates small scale map?

Which of the following factor’s map will be a large scale map?

Numerical scale and Linear scale.

Large scale map and Small scale map.

(1) How much is the ground distance between Mumbai and Gondia?
(2) How much is the distance between Satara and Sangli on a map?

Linear scale.

Numerical scale.

Verbal scale.