What is a scale? How many types of scales are there? - Vidyadip

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What is a scale? How many types of scales are there?

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A scale is ratio between the distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground.It is of three types:

Statement of a scale.
Representative Fractions (RF).
Graphical scale.

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