Outline of cartography

Short description: 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.

## Contents

* 1 Essence of cartography
* 2 Branches of cartography
* 2.1 Approaches in cartography
* 2.2 Cartography by region
* 2.3 Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography
* 3 Types of maps
* 3.1 Map projections
* 4 History of cartography
* 5 Cartography in politics
* 6 Cartography-related organizations
* 7 Persons influential in cartography
* 7.1 Cartography scholars
* 8 See also
* 9 External links

## 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

## 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

* List of cartographers

### Cartography scholars

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

## See also

* Global Positioning System
* Navigation
* Maps

## External links

* 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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