Definition of cartography Cartography

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We found 6 definitions of cartography from 6 different sources.

What does cartography mean?

Noun
cartography - the making of maps and charts
		mapmaking
		devising, fashioning, making the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"

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cartography
The making of maps and charts for the purpose of visualizing spatial distributions over various areas of the earth.

cartography
kar-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of preparing charts or maps. [L. charta, chart, map, and Gr. graphia, graph-ein, to write.]

Cartography is making maps. Cartography is part of geography.

How people make maps is always changing. In the past, maps were drawn by hand, but today most printed maps are made using computers.

Making a map can be as simple as drawing a direction on a napkin, or as complicated as showing a census of a whole country. Anyone can make a map, but there are people who spend their lives learning how to make complicated maps.

Cartographers in the media.

Various cartographers appear in the media, notably Wally the Cartographer from Monkey Island.