| TERM | cartography |
| NOTE | As of 1993, restricted to the art and science of mapmaking. For methods, instruments, programs. Before 1972, also search geological exploration; before 1976 also search geologic mapping; before 1978 also search mapping. As of 1993, see mapping for the processes of gathering data for the production of a specific map. |
| NARROW TERM |
digital cartography |
| SEE ALSO | aerial photography | altimetry | ARC/INFO | cartographic scales | coordinates | geodesy | geomorphology | global maps | legends | leveling | mapping | maps | photogeology | photogrammetry | registration | stereographic projection | topographic correction | topography | triangulation | trilateration |
| USED FOR | chartology |
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