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cartography
[ kahr-tog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
cartography
/ kɑːˈtɒɡrəfɪ; ˌkɑːtəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- the art, technique, or practice of compiling or drawing maps or charts
cartography
/ kär-tŏg′rə-fē /
- The art or technique of making maps or charts.
Derived Forms
- ˌcartoˈgraphically, adverb
- carˈtographer, noun
- cartographic, adjective
Other Words From
- car·to·graph [kahr, -t, uh, -graf, -grahf], noun
- car·togra·pher noun
- car·to·graph·ic [kahr-t, uh, -, graf, -ik], carto·graphi·cal adjective
- carto·graphi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of cartography1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cartography1
Example Sentences
Beyond Baghdad the line drawn between Syria, now the property of France, and Iraq was more cartography than anthropology.
The book is an interesting blend of forms, part cartography, philosophy, travelogue, and poetry.
Official cartography again showed a single territory, from the sea to the river.
Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a science.
The bringing forward of the Cantino map confirms much of the supposed cartography.
We come now to two significant maps in the early history of American cartography.
It is to the work of Allefonsce that we probably owe another confusion of this northern cartography in the sixteenth century.
Hence mathematical geography (see Map), including cartography as a practical application, comes first.
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