These are usually designed for practical use; drawing them to scale just fills the image up with dead space. The wiki page is listing the dv cost of a transfer

These are usually designed for practical use; drawing them to scale just fills the image up with dead space. The wiki page is listing the dv cost of a transfer orbit - no capture (assuming I'm looking at the right table). The dv map is showing the cost to land on the sun, including both capture into low solar orbit and landing from there (which is the really expensive bit for large bodies). Note that 440 km/s of the total 650 km/s listed on the map is that one step. I personally prefer the subway-styled dv maps, but that may just be me: http://i.imgur.com/AAGJvD1.png http://i.imgur.com/AAGJvD1.png