Which section of the article highlights the idea that mapmakers make specific
choices when determining which viewpoint a map should be drawn from?
"intuitive searches and basic grids"
"latitude and longitude"
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"scale"
"map and globe orientation"

The section "Map and globe orientation"​ of the article highlights the idea.

Explanation:

The mapmakers usually follow an internationally accepted standard procedure to prepare maps so that their utility is universal. But in certain cases, the mapmakers have to use their own discretion in order to do what best suits the requirement. The author mentions in this section of the article how a 12th-century cartographer named ash-Sharif-al-Idrisi always placed south at the top of the map contrary to the present-day method of placing north at the top. The author also mentions of the medieval practice of orienting maps towards the east out of the belief of all the then cartographers that the Holy Land and the Biblical Garden of Eden were the most important places on the Earth.

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