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scale

ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground
Class type of: scale Q193642
scale
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Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
scale[1]
Part of
cartography[2]
Has use
map, cartographic plan, topographic profile, globe[3][4][5][6]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8][9][10][11][12]
Different from
zoom level[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
Said to be the same as
scale[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en scale en map scale ar مقياس رسم cs měřítko cs měřítko mapy cs mapové měřítko da skalatro da målestok de Massstab de Kleinmaßstäbig de Kleinmaßstäblich de Großmaßstab de Kartenmaßstab de Maßstab de Kleinmaßstab de Mittelmaßstäblich de Großmaßstäblich de Mittelmaßstäbig de Mittelmaßstab de Großmaßstäbig
🔖 Identifiers · 12
GND ID
4237157-0
BabelNet ID
00799591n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/scale-cartography
Freebase ID
/m/05cjh8
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
målestokk_-_kartografi
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2191680
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
map-scales
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
47696151
NE.se ID
skala-(förminskning-eller-förstoring)
ScienceDirect topic ID
earth-and-planetary-sciences/scale-ratio
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
bienesculturales/1175614
YSO ID
18905

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🔗 Connections
Has use 3
map, globe, topographic profile
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Part of 1
cartography
Said to be the same as 1
scale
Subclass of 1
scale
← Represents 1
linear scale
← Said to be the same as 1
scale
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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → scale
    Part of → cartography
    Subclass of → scale
    Part of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ YSO ID: 18905, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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