Cartography
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cartography-168-11697137
title:
Cartography
text:
Cartography is the study and practice of making and using 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 objectives of traditional cartography are to:
- Set the map's agenda and select traits of the object to be mapped. This is the concern of map editing. Traits may be physical, such as roads or land masses, or may be abstract, such as toponyms or politica
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Study and practice of making maps
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography
date created:
2001-12-02T05:00:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T01:34:44Z
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