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The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface; a large scale map shows a small physical area (such as a town); while a small scale map shows a large physical area (such as the world). Typically presented as a fraction or ratio of distance on a map to distance on the Earth's surface.