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Explain how a cartographer determines the size of objects portrayed on a map

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It determines the size of objects portrayed on a map by it being able to put things on the map where ever they want
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Cartographers use mathematical formulas to transfer information from the three-dimensional globe to the two-dimensional map.

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Cartographers adapt the three-dimensional globe image onto a flat map by creating a scale map projection. In cartography, scale refers to the ratio between length or size of an area on a map and the actual length or size of that area on the surface of the Earth.

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