Cartography

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.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Monmonier, Mark | Title=How to Lie with Maps | Publisher=University of Chicago Press | Year=1991 | ID=ISBN 0226534219}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Pickles, John | Title=A History of Spaces: Cartographic Reason, Mapping, and the Geo-Coded World | Publisher=Taylor & Francis, Inc. | Year=2003 | ID=ISBN 0415144973}}