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1. How have cartography changed through history? What can old maps tell us about the contemporary world? Mention some differences in today's knowledge of the world and maps.

2. Explain how to divide the earth into a graticule. How do you take out the longitude and latitude?

3. Why divide the world into time zones? Why are they not exact length extents?

4. Why is it a problem to image/map the Earth's surface? Explain what a map projection is and what different types there are and what separates them from one another.

5. What does it mean that a map has the scale 1:250 000?

6. What is it for the use of aerial photos when you make maps?

7. What is the difference on a small scale and a large scale map?

8. What is the difference between absolute and relative position?

9. What is meant by an "in a purely ethno-centric manner perspective"?

10. What is remote sensing?

11. How can we choose to reproduce elevation differences on maps?

12. Give examples of some famous Swedish maps and what they show?

13. What is the difference between the Mercator projection and Peters projection? When can they be useful?