Cartography | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Cartography


00:01:14 1 History
00:01:23 1.1 Ancient times
00:03:52 1.2 Middle Ages to Renaissance
00:07:34 1.3 Modern times
00:08:27 2 Technological changes
00:11:25 3 Deconstruction
00:15:10 4 Map types
00:15:19 4.1 General vs. thematic cartography
00:17:17 4.2 Topographic vs. topological
00:18:59 5 Map design
00:19:08 5.1 Map purpose and selection of information
00:21:45 5.2 Naming conventions
00:25:26 5.3 Map symbology
00:27:40 5.3.1 Map key or legend
00:27:57 5.3.1.1 Examples of point symbols
00:28:05 5.4 Map generalization
00:29:06 5.5 Map projections
00:29:33 6 Cartographic errors



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Cartography (; from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.
The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:

Set the map's agenda and select traits of the object to be mapped. This is the concern of map editing. Traits may be physical, such as roads or land masses, or may be abstract, such as toponyms or political boundaries.
Represent the terrain of the mapped object on flat media. This is the concern of map projections.
Eliminate characteristics of the mapped object that are not relevant to the map's purpose. This is the concern of generalization.
Reduce the complexity of the characteristics that will be mapped. This is also the concern of generalization.
Orchestrate the elements of the map to best convey its message to its audience. This is the concern of map design.Modern cartography constitutes many theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems.