Stage 4 GEOGRAPHY
  • Landscapes and Landforms
    • Geomorphic processes >
      • Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
    • Variety of Landscapes >
      • Coral reefs - Research lesson
      • Karst landscapes
      • Tundra
    • Value of landscapes
    • Geomorphic hazard >
      • White Island Eruption
      • Taal Eruption
      • Volcanoes - processes
  • Place and Liveability
    • What is liveability? >
      • Assessing Liveability
    • Influences and perceptions >
      • Liveability in Sydney
      • Liveability in Tokyo
    • Access to services and facilities
    • Environmental Quality
    • Community
    • Enhancing liveability >
      • Design a city
  • Water In the World
    • The Water Cycle >
      • Flow of water through catchments
      • Factors influencing water flows
    • Water Scarcity and Water Management >
      • Water Management
    • The Value of Water >
      • Murray-Darling - use of water
  • Tools
    • Maps >
      • Sketch Maps
      • Choropleth Maps
      • Elements of a map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and grid references
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Synoptic Charts
      • Contour Lines
      • Local Relief
      • Gradient
    • Graphs and Statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate Graphs

scale

1:100,000 means that 1cm on the map is equivalent to:
- 1000m
- 1km

1:250,000 means that 1cm on the map is equivalent to:
- 2,500m
- 2.5km

1:50,000 means that 1cm on the map is equivalent to:
- 500m
- 1/2 km

1:25,000 means that 1cm on the map is equivalent to:
- 250m
- 1/4 km

Large scale are used to show detail, e.g. a street directory.

Small scale are used to show detail, e.g. a satellite image of NSW.

Oblique maps and photos have scales that vary from one part of the image to another (remember that an oblique photograph is taken at an angle).
L. Swanson
  • Landscapes and Landforms
    • Geomorphic processes >
      • Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
    • Variety of Landscapes >
      • Coral reefs - Research lesson
      • Karst landscapes
      • Tundra
    • Value of landscapes
    • Geomorphic hazard >
      • White Island Eruption
      • Taal Eruption
      • Volcanoes - processes
  • Place and Liveability
    • What is liveability? >
      • Assessing Liveability
    • Influences and perceptions >
      • Liveability in Sydney
      • Liveability in Tokyo
    • Access to services and facilities
    • Environmental Quality
    • Community
    • Enhancing liveability >
      • Design a city
  • Water In the World
    • The Water Cycle >
      • Flow of water through catchments
      • Factors influencing water flows
    • Water Scarcity and Water Management >
      • Water Management
    • The Value of Water >
      • Murray-Darling - use of water
  • Tools
    • Maps >
      • Sketch Maps
      • Choropleth Maps
      • Elements of a map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and grid references
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Synoptic Charts
      • Contour Lines
      • Local Relief
      • Gradient
    • Graphs and Statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate Graphs