GED® Social Studies: Maps, Regions & Physical Geography › 1. Map Tools: Location, Scale, and Direction
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1. Map Tools: Location, Scale, and Direction

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Maps simplify Earth, so every map must be read with its title, legend, scale, and compass direction. Latitude measures north-south position from the Equator. Longitude measures east-west position from the Prime Meridian. Scale tells how map distance relates to real distance.

References: USGS: The National Map

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