cartography

IPA: kɑrtˈɑgrʌfi

(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.

Examples of "cartography" in Sentences

The fifth and sixth principles of the rhizome are those of "cartography" and "decalcomania".
I don't know what the underlying rationale is and if this is a standard practice in cartography.
It published important findings in areas such as cartography, irrigation, cotton cultivation, and desert studies.
Most of this recent amateur digital cartography is taking place upon the solid foundations of government-funded topographic mapmaking.
Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (1795-1869) was a Flemish cartographer responsible for what has been described as "one of the most remarkable developments of private enterprise in cartography".
Because I happened to look over at the table next to me and saw a copy of Imago Mundi, the International Journal of the History of Cartography sitting at a nice gentleman's table, and proceeded to have a long conversation with a former boatbuilder turned graduate student in cartography, finishing his dissertation on commercial Dutch maps of the 18th century.