The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cartography:

Contents

• Essence of cartography
• Branches of cartography
• Approaches in cartography
• Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography
• Cartography by region
• Types of maps
• Map projections
• History of cartography
• Cartography in politics
• Cartography-related organizations
• Persons influential in cartography
• Cartography scholars
• See also
• External links

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
• Mapping of the Earth

Branches of cartography

• Celestial cartography
• Planetary cartography

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
• Planform
• Plat
• Reversed map
• Road atlas
• Street map
• Thematic map
• Topographic map
• World map

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

See also

• Global Positioning System
• Navigation
• Maps

External links

• Mapping History Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine - 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 Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine , 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.