Why are maps rarely to scale?

Few maps are ever drawn, truly, to scale - if they were, then features such as roads and railways would be hairline-thin and the may would be of little use to anyone!

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
(written 2006-04-10, updated 2006-06-05)

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