Outline of cartography

Overview of and topical guide to cartography

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cartography:

Cartography (also called mapmaking) – study and practice of making and using maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography.

Essence of cartography

  • Atlas
  • Globe
  • Map
  • Map collection
  • Mapping of the Earth

Branches of cartography

  • Celestial cartography
  • Planetary cartography

Approaches in cartography

  • Cartographic generalization
  • Cartographic labeling
  • Critical cartography
  • Terrain cartography

Cartography by region

  • French cartography

Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography

  • Geodesy
  • Geomatics
  • Topography

Types of maps

Map projections

Map projection

History of cartography

History of cartography

Cartography in politics

Persons influential in cartography

Cartography scholars

See also

Cartography at Wikipedia's sister projects
  • Definitions from Wiktionary
  • Media from Commons
  • News from Wikinews
  • Quotations from Wikiquote
  • Texts from Wikisource
  • Textbooks from Wikibooks
  • Resources from Wikiversity
  • Mapping History - a learning resource from the British Library
  • Geography and Maps, an Illustrated Guide, by the staff of the US Library of Congress.
  • The history of cartography at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
  • Antique Maps by Carl Moreland and David Bannister - complete text of the book, with information both on mapmaking and on mapmakers, including short biographies of many cartographers
  • North American Cartographic Information Society
  • Society of Cartographers supports the practising cartographer and encourages and maintains a high standard of cartographic illustration
  • Concise Bibliography of the History of Cartography, Newberry Library
  • UPCT : project aimed at creating a world map (a French map to begin) with voluntaries using GPS
  • GITTA - A webbased open content eLearning course with basic and intermediate cartography lessons based on the eLML XML framework.
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