Ratio between the distance between two points found on a map compared to the actual distance between these points in the real world.

A map scale is a ratio that compares the distance on a map to the actual distance.

relationship between distance on a map and distance on the ground.

The scale of a map is the ratio between the distance between two points found on the map as compared to the actual distance between these points in the real world.

Relationship between a certain distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the ground (e.g. 1:10,000, which means 1 cm on the map equals to 10,000 cm or 100 m on the ground); the scale is us [..]

The relationship between the actual size of a place and its size as shown on a map.

The relationship between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth`s surface. Map scale is often recorded as a representative fraction such as 1:1,000,000 (1 unit on the map repres [..]

Is the ratio of a single unit of distance on the map to the equivalent distance on the ground. The scale can be expressed in a number of ways, including a ratio, a fraction and percentage.

The relationship between distances on a map and the corresponding distances on the earth’s surface expressed as a fraction (constant for a given map).  Mean Sea Level

The map scale indicates the relationship between distances on a map and the corresponding distances on the earth’s surface expressed as a fraction of a ratio. A 1:5000 scaled map represents the mapped [..]