Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography. Most commercial quality maps are now made with map making software that falls into one of three main types; CAD, GIS, and specialized map illustration software.

Maps function as visualization tools for spatial data. Spatial data is acquired from measurement and can be stored in a database, from which it can be extracted for a variety of purposes. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the creation of increasingly dynamic, interactive maps that can be manipulated digitally.

The cartographic process rests on the premise that the world is measurable and that we can make reliable representations or models of that reality. Mapmaking involves advanced skills and attitudes, particularly the use of symbols to represent certain geographic phenomena, as well as the ability to visualize the world in an abstract and scaled down form.

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Create new social-network website primary engine built on Google map ? Making new friends? http://bit.ly/1mVz4H via @addthis
audiencesss (James) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:57 -0000
Create new social-network website primary engine built on Google map ? Making new friends? http://bit.ly/1mVz4H via @addthis
Making publicsector information visible on maps: Meat, mining, crime, closets, etc - so Australia http://mashupaustralia.org/ #mash_ups #map
MnlyBeach (Manly Blog) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:34:56 -0000
Making publicsector information visible on maps: Meat, mining, crime, closets, etc - so Australia http://mashupaustralia.org/ #mash_ups #map
Usability help! Making simple country map for the web to be embedded in a page. Should the menu on a city come up when you hover or click?
invig (Matt Salmon) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:35:33 -0000
Usability help! Making simple country map for the web to be embedded in a page. Should the menu on a city come up when you hover or click?
Psychogeographic Map Inspiration: In this new typography experiment, we’re making psychogeographic maps. .. http://bit.ly/2R5Vhu
thebethjoseph (Beth Joseph) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:37:01 -0000
Psychogeographic Map Inspiration: In this new typography experiment, we’re making psychogeographic maps. .. http://bit.ly/2R5Vhu
Screw Sony! You do not belong making laptops get off the map!
NVMY03ION (Kevin Payton) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:34:44 -0000
Screw Sony! You do not belong making laptops get off the map!
http://bit.ly/3XRezx Another article about me I didn't know existed. Thanks @MagaBlog for making me the Map o' the Day #162 on October 15th.
brandonhaslegs (Brandon Oxendine) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:27:11 -0000
http://bit.ly/3XRezx Another article about me I didn't know existed. Thanks @MagaBlog for making me the Map o' the Day #162 on October 15th.

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