The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cartography:
Cartography (also called mapmaking) – study and practice of making and using maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography.
Essence of cartography
Atlas Globe Map Map collection
Branches of cartography
Celestial cartography Planetary cartography
Approaches in cartography
Cartographic generalization Cartographic labeling Critical cartography Terrain cartography
Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography
Geodesy Geomatics Topography
Cartography by region
Cartography of Africa Cartography of Asia Cartography of China Cartography of India Cartography of Israel Cartography of Palestine Cartography of Europe Cartography of France Cartography of Switzerland Cartography of Ukraine Cartography of Latin America Cartography of North America Cartography of Jamaica Cartography of the United States Cartography of Oceania Cartography of New Zealand
Types of maps
Cartogram City map Contour map Dymaxion map Electronic map Fantasy map Geological map Nautical chart Pictorial maps Plan Plat Reversed map Road atlas Street map Thematic map Topographic map World map
Map projections
Map projection List of map projections Orthographic projection in cartography
History of cartography
History of cartography Cartographic expeditions to Greenland History of geography Chinese geography List of Graeco-Roman geographers Geography and cartography in medieval Islam Majorcan cartographic school
Cartography in politics
Cartographic aggression Cartographic censorship Cartographic propaganda
Cartography-related organizations National mapping agency British Cartographic Society Cartography and Geographic Information Society International Cartographic Association National Cartographic Center of Iran North American Cartographic Information Society
Persons influential in cartography
List of cartographers
Cartography scholars
Cynthia Brewer—theorist of digital cartography's design Edward Tufte—general information design principles
See also Global Positioning System Navigation Maps
External links
Mapping History - a learning resource from the British Library Geography and Maps, an Illustrated Guide, by the staff of the US Library of Congress. The history of cartography at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Antique Maps by Carl Moreland and David Bannister - complete text of the book, with information both on mapmaking and on mapmakers, including short biographies of many cartographers North American Cartographic Information Society Society of Cartographers supports the practising cartographer and encourages and maintains a high standard of cartographic illustration Concise Bibliography of the History of Cartography , Newberry Library UPCT : project aimed at creating a world map (a French map to begin) with voluntaries using GPS
GITTA - A webbased open content eLearning course with basic and intermediate cartography lessons based on the eLML XML framework.