mapmaking
Drawing the world
Mapmaking is the craft or process of creating maps—visual representations of geographic areas showing features like terrain, boundaries, roads, and landmarks.
The term emphasizes the practical skill involved: She studied mapmaking before joining the survey team.
Cartography is the more formal synonym, though mapmaking sounds less technical and more hands-on.
Something that extends outward
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
longitude · meridian · equator · cartographer · drafting · surveying · geospatial · contour
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- routePath from A to B
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
landmark · directions · bearing · piloting · voyage · mariner · waypoint · nautical chart
Bounding line of shape
- elevationHeight above reference point
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- valleyLow ground between heights
- plateauFlat highland area
landform · summit · slope · gradient · escarpment · basin · relief · benchmark
projection
Something that extends outward
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
latitude · longitude · meridian · equator · cartographer · drafting · surveying · geospatial · contour · symbol
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- routePath from A to B
itinerary · landmark · directions · bearing · piloting · voyage · mariner · waypoint · nautical chart · sea chart
contour
Bounding line of shape
plateau · landform · summit · slope · gradient · escarpment · basin · relief · benchmark · depression
GIS
Spatial data framework
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
database · layer · raster · vector · georeferencing · remote sensing · LiDAR · overlay · dataset · OpenStreetMap
binding
Legally or morally required
- collectionGathered set of items
- folioSingle-fold page format
- gazetteerDictionary of locations
index · pages · reference · thematic · worldview · plates · Mercator · Peters · globe · national
- Islamic cartographyworld maps, cartography, regional maps, sea chart, sea charts
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- Age of ExplorationColumbus, Marco Polo, exploration, explorers, expeditions
- historical activitiesjousting, archery, blacksmithing, falconry, feasting
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- cartographymaps, atlas, globes, cartographers, navigation chart
mapmakingexploration
Traveling through unknown regions
pathfinding · fieldwork · direct observation · wandering · expedition
making, map, make, maker, mapped, mapping, mapmakers, mapmaker, mapper