Surveying & Geomatics

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Map Scale (RF)

Representative fraction linking map distance to real-world distance.

Formula

RF = \frac{d_{map}}{d_{ground}}

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RFScale fraction

d_{map}Map distance

d_{ground}Ground distance

Example

1 cm = 500 m: RF = 1/50000

Did You Know?

On a 1:50,000 map, one centimetre stands for half a kilometre on the ground.

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