Dan,

Give me a call at the 800#, Ext 10 and lets's discuss what you will
be doing.  A couple ofsolutions come to mind, but they all would be final
result specific.

Best,

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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: MI-L Map scale in relation to area size of interest


>
>
> I need to purchase basemaps for a number of project areas (100 or so
project
> areas).
> The areas of interest can range from the size of a building 1000 sq metres
to
> areas covering 100 sq Kilometres. Obviously not one scale will be suitable
for
> all areas of interest.  A 1:50 000 map might be suitable to examine an
area
> which runs 30 km along a river  while it would not give much map
information
> about an area   which is only 1 sq km.  A larger scale such as 1:2000
might be
> more suitable for examining 1 sq km areas. I guess what I'm wondering is
if I
> know the size of an area I'm interested in, is there any kind of rule of
thumb
> that I can follow that can tell me "in general" what map scale would be
most
> appropriate for that area?
>
>  I know its a very general question and other factors come into play when
> choosing a map scale such as what type of information I want to be able to
see
> in that area or if other data is needed to be overlaid that they should be
at
> the same scale etc... But for now just need a general idea of how far do
you
> zoom into an area or what size does an area have to be before you need to
have a
> larger scale basemap representing that area? Hope that makes sense! Any
ideas or
> thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
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