Ihave for days of school left and i really need to get caught up in world geography or i'm failing the class again, ! map the directional indicator that will show cardinal directions (north, east, south, west) will show what a measurement on a map is equal to in real life (ex: one inch on a map is often equal to 10 or 100 miles on earths surface)the location of a place in relation to other places (spatial relationships between and among places) is called location. maps show formations by using: latitude and longitude are used to calculate location (the place on earths surface) do you remember what is used to determine spatial relationships between and among places? location. all maps have (inaccuracies bc its impossible to accurately flatten a globe onto a piece of paper. distortion can be in , of continents, between continents. and