3B2 Scale 255$a
Give the scale of the cartographic resource if it is found
on the resource or if it can be determined easily (for
example, from a paragraph). Give the scale as
a representative fraction. Precede the scale by scale
.
If the scale appears as a representative fraction and
in words, give the representative fraction only.
If the scale dose not appear on the cartographic
resource and cannot be easily determined, do not
give a scale statement.
If the description is of a multipart cartographic
resource with two or more scales that given
give the statement scales differ
.
