The scale of a map allows a reader to calculate the size, height and dimensions of the features shown on the map, as well as distances between different points. The scale on a map is the ratio between ...

Here at Live for the Outdoors, we love maps. But we’ll admit one dark little secret: they can make idiots of anyone. Go on, admit it. Even if you’ve used and loved Ordnance Survey mapping for years or ...

IN reply to a question by Colonel A. W. Goodman in the House of Commons on December 12, the Right Hon. Walter E. Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, stated that “no decision has been taken to introduce ...

THE initiation of an entirely new ordnance map series on a scale of 1: 25,000, or about 2 ½ inches to the mile, was one of the chief recommendations of a departmental committee set up in 1935. It was ...

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it's beautiful. PHOTOS: Tour 'The Martian' Movie Set… On Mars As an avid hiker when ...