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Outline of cartography

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

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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

  • Cartogram
  • City map
  • Contour map
  • Dymaxion map
  • Electronic map
  • Fantasy map
  • Geologic map
  • Nautical chart
  • Pictorial maps
  • Planform
  • Plat
  • Reversed map
  • Road atlas
  • Street map
  • Thematic map
  • Topographic map
  • World map

    • Map projections

    Map projection

  • List of map projections
  • Orthographic projection in cartography

    • History of cartography

    History of cartography

  • Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
  • History of geography
  • Chinese geography
  • List of Graeco-Roman geographers
  • Geography and cartography in medieval Islam
  • Majorcan cartographic school

    • Cartography in politics

  • Cartographic aggression
  • Cartographic censorship
  • Cartographic propaganda
  • British Cartographic Society
  • Cartography and Geographic Information Society
  • International Cartographic Association
  • North American Cartographic Information Society

    • Persons influential in cartography

  • List of cartographers

    • Cartography scholars

  • Cynthia Brewer—theorist of digital cartography's design
  • Edward Tufte—general information design principles

    • References

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