Map Scale and Resolution:

There is a relation between map scale and spatial resolution. This is easily
specified if one considers that the smallest physical mark that the cartographer
can make is about one half millimeter in size. Then the accompanying table shows a
simple rule:

TABLE I

Scale Resolution Detection

1/10,000 5m 10 m
1/50,000 25m 50 m
1/100000 50m 100 m
1/250,000 125m 250 m
1/1,000,000 500m 1,000 m
Or, in American Units:
1/24,000 9 f e e t 79 feet
1/63,360 104 feet 202 feet