[Aztlan] Correction to Elaine's Correction

[Ed Schoch]

10 cm = 0.1 m, so in Elaine's example the map scale is 0.1/100, or more 
conventionally 1/1000; i.e., multiply the size on the map by 1,000.
Thus a feature which is 1 cm on a map is 1000 cm or 10 m on the ground.
Ed Schoch

Elaine Schele wrote:

>As Sid Hollander just pointed out to me it would have been better to
>have used linear measurements instead of using area measurements to
>figure out scale.
>
>I should re-phrase:
>
>For instance if you know that a building is 100 meters long and
>measures 10 cm on the map, then the map scale is 10/100 or reducing it
>down, 1 cm = 10. This means that one unit of measurement of anything
>(cm, foot, etc.) on the map is equal to 100 of the same
>unit on the ground.  In other words, your building ratio can be
>applied to the entire map.
>
>Math and numbers are not one of my strenghts
>
>Elaine
>  
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