Outline of 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
Branches of cartography
Approaches in cartography
Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography
Cartography by region
- Cartography of Africa
- Cartography of Asia
- Cartography of Europe
- Cartography of Latin America
- Cartography of North America
- Cartography of Oceania
Types of maps
- Cartogram
- City map
- Contour map
- Dymaxion map
- Electronic map
- Fantasy map
- Geological map
- Nautical chart
- Pictorial maps
- Plan
- Plat
- Reversed map
- Road atlas
- Street map
- Thematic map
- Topographic map
- World map
Map projections
History of cartography
Cartography in politics
Cartography-related organizations
- National mapping agency
- British Cartographic Society
- Cartography and Geographic Information Society
- International Cartographic Association
- National Cartographic Center of Iran
- North American Cartographic Information Society
Persons influential in cartography
Cartography scholars
- Cynthia Brewer—theorist of digital cartography's design
- Edward Tufte—general information design principles
See also
External links
- Mapping History Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine - 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 Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, 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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