It is not always possible to draw objects, such as a building, using the real-life measurements, as they are too big or in other cases, too small. Instead, a scale drawing is used to recreate ...

A map cannot be the same size as the area it represents. It needs to be scaled down to fit on a page or a screen. Map scales can be written in two ways, a simple scale with units or a ratio scale. A ...

Data visualizations using rainbow color scales are ubiquitous in many fields of science, depicting everything from ocean temperatures to brain activity to Martian topography. But cartographers have ...