cartography
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- cartograph noun
- cartographer noun
- cartographic adjective
- cartographical adjective
- cartographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of cartography
Example Sentences
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In 2021, she was a project manager for a company dedicated to the graphic design and cartography for international cycling events, such as World Championships or Tour de France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Moreover, Latinos are using smartphones for digital cartography much as Black people mapped freedom during the eras of slavery and Jim Crow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
Leanne Abraham is a graphics editor at The Times with a focus on cartography and data visualization.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2023
The Seattle-based cartography company turns 50 this year, providing proof as clear as the compass rose that the hard-copy map is not going the way of the phone book.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023
And, naturally, the crucial topics for the new science corresponded neatly with the professional preoccupations of seventeenth-century mathematicians: astronomy/astrology, navigation, cartography, surveying, architecture, ballistics and hydraulics.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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