Cartography (from Greek Χάρτης, chartes or charax = sheet of papyrus (paper) and graphein = to write) is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.
The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:
Modern cartography is closely integrated with geographic information science (GI...
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- The Incredible Voyage ,
- The story of maps and navigation ,
- Having Fun With Maps and Globes ,
- Cartographia ,
- The Map Book ,
- Cartographies of Disease ,
- Narrative and critical history of America ,
- Geographia ,
- Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America ,
- Mapping the World: An Illustrated History of Cartography
