Social Sciences and History / Unit 10 SSH 0906 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Scale, Two Meanings
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The idea
Scale is the ratio of length or distance on the map to length or distance on the ground. It can also mean a phenomenon's spatial extent, local to global. Large scale shows a small area in detail; small scale, a large area coarsely.
In practice
One inch to a mile against one to a hundred.
Where people slip
Extent is the human geographers' usual meaning.
Your place on the trail
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