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What name is used for the explanation on a map of a map of symbols and scales?
The name used is a 'legend'
What is the name of the part of a map contains information on what the map's symbols mean?
It is called the legend or key .
What is the name of the part of the map that contains information on what the maps symbols mean?
The legend.
What does a legend of a map tell you?
nothing
What is the purpose of a map key or a legend?
The map key or legend helps map readers understand the relative distances, features, and sites printed on the map.When you open a map, you can usually find the legend near a corner. The legend identifies the symbols used on the map, the distance bars and the caveats that the map makers included in the map.
What is another name for a map legend?
Another name for a map legend is key.
What is another name for the legend of the map?
map key
What is another word for a maps legend?
Key
What is another word for a map key?
Map legend.
What name is used for the explanation on a map of a map of symbols and scales?
The name used is a 'legend'
What do you use to find out the distance from one place to another on a map?
A protractor, and the legend of the map.
Another name for a key on a map?
The Key, or Legend, or a map gives a list of the symbols used on the map and what they represent. There is a fairly standard set of symbols used for different types of map so that anyone looking at the map can understand what it is being shown. For example, on a weather map a cold front is shown as a black line with semi-circular bumps (in blue if coloured), a warm front is shown as a black line with triangles (in red if coloured) and an occluded front is shown as a black line with alternate semi-circular bumps and triangles.
What is the name of the part of a map contains information on what the map's symbols mean?
It is called the legend or key .
What is a list of all of a map's symbols called?
The list of a map symbols is called the Key.
What tells you what symbols on a map represent?
The key of the map explains all the symbols used on the map.
What is map legend?
Map lengend is Topographic map and most other maps that have a legend.
What is a legend in map making?
A map's legend shows what symbols and their meaning is used on the map.
