Geography GCSE
Straight-line distance
What Straight-line distance means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Straight-line distance
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Reference: AQA
A distance between two points measured with a ruler and converted using the map's scale bar.
Topics that use Straight-line distance
- Cartographic skills (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Annotation
- Cartographic interpretation
- Cartographic skills
- Contour lines
- Contour patterns
- Curved line distance
- Direction
- Fluvial landscapes
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