Comments on: Understanding Map Scale in Cartography https://gisgeography.com/map-scale/ Geographic Information Systems Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: John Doe https://gisgeography.com/map-scale/#comment-428040 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:03:20 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=77376#comment-428040 Thank you for a great article

]]> By: Frank Enyan https://gisgeography.com/map-scale/#comment-427879 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:23:27 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=77376#comment-427879 You’re right RC, mistake in calculation.

]]> By: Mike Almer https://gisgeography.com/map-scale/#comment-369401 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:48:22 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=77376#comment-369401 Alright! Truth to power. Kinda.

]]> By: RC https://gisgeography.com/map-scale/#comment-303278 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:41:17 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=77376#comment-303278 Mistake in “calculation”
Clip from text above:
“1:30,000, it means that 1 centimeter on the map represents 30,000 centimeters in real life (3 centimeters on the map would be about 300 meters in real life).”
1 cm –> 300 m or 3 cm –> 900 m

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