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58 relations: Atlas, British Cartographic Society, Cartogram, Cartographic aggression, Cartographic censorship, Cartographic expeditions to Greenland, Cartographic generalization, Cartographic labeling, Cartographic propaganda, Cartography, Cartography and Geographic Information Society, Celestial cartography, Chinese geography, City map, Computer, Contour line, Critical cartography, Cynthia Brewer, Dymaxion map, Edward Tufte, ELML, Fantasy map, French cartography, Geodesy, Geography and cartography in medieval Islam, Geologic map, Geomatics, Global Positioning System, Globe, History of cartography, History of geography, International Cartographic Association, Library of Congress, List of cartographers, List of Graeco-Roman geographers, List of map projections, Majorcan cartographic school, Map, Map collection, Map projection, Multiview projection, Nautical chart, Navigation, North American Cartographic Information Society, Orthographic projection in cartography, Outline (list), Paper, Pen, Pictorial map, Planetary cartography, ..., Plat, Road map, South-up map orientation, Terrain cartography, Thematic map, Topographic map, Topography, World map. Expand index (8 more) »
Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or a region of Earth.
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British Cartographic Society
The British Cartographic Society (BCS) is an association of individuals and organisations dedicated to exploring and developing the world of maps.
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Cartogram
A cartogram is a map in which some thematic mapping variable – such as travel time, population, or GNP – is substituted for land area or distance.
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Cartographic aggression
Cartographic aggression is the action in which a country produces media, typically maps, that allegedly misrepresent the borders with a neighboring country.
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Cartographic censorship
Cartographic censorship describes the way of handling the appearance of potential strategically important objects like military bases, power plants or transmitters towards their censorship on maps.
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Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
This is a list of recognised pioneering expeditions to Greenland that contributed to the cartography of the territory.
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Cartographic generalization
Cartographic generalization, or map generalization, is a method for deriving a smaller-scale map from a larger scale map or map data Whether done manually by a cartographer or by a computer or set of algorithms, generalization seeks to abstract spatial information at a high level of detail to information that can be rendered on a map at a lower level of detail.
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Cartographic labeling
Cartographic labeling is a form of typography and strongly deals with form, style, weight and size of type on a map.
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Cartographic propaganda
Cartographic propaganda is a map created with the goal of achieving a result similar to traditional propaganda.
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Cartography
Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.
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Cartography and Geographic Information Society
The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) is a learned society in the fields of cartography and geographic information science.
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Celestial cartography
Celestial cartography, uranography, astrography or star cartography is the fringe of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere.
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Chinese geography
The study of geography in China begins in the Warring States period (5th century BC).
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City map
A city map is a large-scale thematic map of a city (or part of a city) created to enable the fastest possible orientation in an urban space.
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Computer
A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.
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Contour line
A contour line (also isocline, isopleth, isarithm, or equipotential curve) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value.
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Critical cartography
Critical Cartography is a set of mapping practices and lens of analysis grounded in critical theory, specifically the thesis that maps reflect and perpetuate relations of power, typically in favor of a society's dominant group.
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Cynthia Brewer
Cynthia A. Brewer is an American professor of geography at the Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, and author.
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Dymaxion map
The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions.
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Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufte (born March 14, 1942) is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University.
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ELML
The eLesson Markup Language (eLML) is an open source XML framework for creating electronic lessons.
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Fantasy map
A fantasy map is type of map design that is a visual representation of an imaginary or fictional geography.
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French cartography
The history of French cartography can be traced to developments in the Middle Ages.
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Geodesy
Geodesy, also known as geodetics, is the earth science of accurately measuring and understanding three of Earth's fundamental properties: its geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravitational field.
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Geography and cartography in medieval Islam
Medieval Islamic geography was based on Hellenistic geography and reached its apex with Muhammad al-Idrisi in the 12th century.
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Geologic map
A geologic map or geological map is a special-purpose map made to show geological features.
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Geomatics
Geomatics (including geomatics engineering), also known as surveying engineering or geospatial science (including geospatial engineering and geospatial technology), is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information or spatially referenced information.
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force.
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Globe
A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere.
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History of cartography
Cartography, or mapmaking, has been an integral part of the human history for thousands of years.
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History of geography
The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups.
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International Cartographic Association
The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (Association Cartographique Internationale, ACI), is an organization formed of national member organizations, to provide a forum for issues and techniques in cartography and GIScience.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.
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List of cartographers
Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers.
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List of Graeco-Roman geographers
;Pre-Hellenistic Classical Greece.
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List of map projections
This list provides an overview of some of the significant or common map projections.
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Majorcan cartographic school
"Majorcan cartographic school" is the term coined by historians to refer to the collection of predominantly Jewish cartographers, cosmographers and navigational instrument-makers and some Christian associates that flourished in Majorca in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries until the expulsion of the Jews.
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Map
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.
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Map collection
A map collection is a storage facility for maps, usually in a library, archive, or museum, or at a map publisher or public-benefit corporation, and the maps and other cartographic items stored within that facility.
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Map projection
A map projection is a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of locations from the surface of a sphere or an ellipsoid into locations on a plane.
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Multiview projection
In technical drawing and computer graphics, a multiview projection is a technique of illustration by which a standardized series of orthographic two-dimensional pictures is constructed to represent the form of a three-dimensional object.
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Nautical chart
A nautical chart is a graphic representation of a maritime area and adjacent coastal regions.
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Navigation
Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.
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North American Cartographic Information Society
North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is a US-based cartographic society founded in 1980.
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Orthographic projection in cartography
The use of orthographic projection in cartography dates back to antiquity.
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Outline (list)
An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure.
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Paper
Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
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Pen
A pen is a common writing instrument used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing.
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Pictorial map
Pictorial maps (also known as illustrated maps, panoramic maps, perspective maps, bird’s-eye view maps, and geopictorial maps) depict a given territory with a more artistic rather than technical style.
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Planetary cartography
Planetary cartography, or cartography of extraterrestrial objects (CEO), is the cartography of solid objects outside of the Earth.
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Plat
In the United States, a plat (plan or cadastral map) is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.
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Road map
A road map or route map is a map that primarily displays roads and transport links rather than natural geographical information.
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South-up map orientation
South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, or at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up.
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Terrain cartography
Terrain or relief is an essential aspect of physical geography, and as such its portrayal presents a central problem in cartography, and more recently GIS and geovisualization.
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Thematic map
A thematic map is a type of map specifically designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
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Topographic map
In modern mapping, a topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines, but historically using a variety of methods.
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Topography
Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.
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World map
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of the Earth.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_cartography
