1. 
   Large-Scale
   The term used to refer to a map or map data that concentrates on small areas. It is called large scale because the features that appear on the map will look larger than those at a small scale. For example a building may appear as its outline (or footprint).
   Found op http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/glossary.htm
   
   
2. 
   large-scale
   [adj] - constructed or drawn to a big scale 2. [adj] - unusually large in scope
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=large-scale
   
   
3. 
   large-scale
   adjective unusually large in scope; `a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed`
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=large-scale
   
   

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