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Elements of a map
Elementsofamap

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Elements of a map
Elementsofamap

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Elements of a map
Elementsofamap

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Elements of a map
Elementsofamap

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Elements of a map
Elementsofamap
Maptitle
Map title
Northarrow
Barscale
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Map title
Maptitle
The
Themaptitletellsofthecontentandthe
map title tells of the content and the
purposeofthemap
Itshouldbebriefbutconcise
It should be brief but concise

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North arrow
Northarrow
The
Thenortharrowpointstothenorthern
north arrow points to the northern
directiontherebyorientingthemaptothe
realworld
Itshouldbesimpleindesign
Northarrowshouldbeofsufficientlengthto
North arrow should be of sufficient length to
permittheaccuratescalingofdirectionson
anypartofthemap
Thearrowmaybedrawnboldlybutmustnot
besoconspicuous
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Map scale
Mapscale
The
Themapscaledeterminesthesizeofthemap
map scale determines the size of the map
comparedtotheactualsizeoftheareainthe
real world it represents
realworlditrepresents
Itrelateshowunitmeasurementsinthemap
compare to actual dimensions
comparetoactualdimensions

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Map scale
Mapscale
Equivalencescale
Equivalence scale
1inch=1mile
1centimeter=1kilometer
1 centimeter = 1 kilometer

Scaleratioorrepresentativefraction
1/5000or1:5000
/
1:100

Graphicscale

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Map scale
Mapscale

MD
SR =
GD

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Problems
1 Determine
1.
Determinethescaleofaplanimetric
the scale of a planimetric map
map
whereon5cmrepresents15,000monthe
ground.
ground
2. Thegrounddistancebetweentwopointsis
25km If the distance between the same
25km.Ifthedistancebetweenthesame
pointsonatopographicmapis50mm,
determine the scale of the map
determinethescaleofthemap.

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Problems
1. Compute
Computetheapproximatearea,insquare
the approximate area, in square
meters,ofarectangularshapedtractofland
whosesidesmeasure29.67mmby64.19mm
onamapdrawntoascaleof1:25,000.
2. Agraphicscaleistobedesignedfora
topographicmapwithagivenfractionalscale
of1:75,000.Determinethelengthonthe
graphicscalewhichwillrepresent500mon
hi
l hi h ill
500
themap
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