Today, Hacker News brought an interesting new Minecraft world-generation tool to our attention. Arnis uses free geospatial data from OpenStreetMap to generate detailed Minecraft maps based on a ...
5 cm ÷ 5 = 1 cm. 2 km ÷ 5 = 0∙4 km. The scale now states that 1 cm represents 0∙4 km. This is the same as 1 cm on the map representing 400 m. The scale states that 2 inches represents 15 miles.
The scale shows how much bigger the real world is than the map ... These are lines drawn on maps that join places of the same height. They are usually an orange or brown colour.