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Cartography is the science and art of making  maps.Maps are a source of information for navigation and finding information about areas.  These days everyone use GPS and locate the place where they want to go in their mobile devices. Cartography is the technique used in making those maps.

Cartography has a very lengthy history, it is said that cartography began in the second century A.D by Ptolemy. However, some sources say it began in 6000B.C.  From this we get to know that Cartography is one of the ancient technique of map making.
 In modern times, there is a lot of information obtained from maps and there are managed and edited by Cartographers. With the advance in technology, there is a lot of improvement in Cartography. Image Processing, GIS, spatial analysis are some of the technology used in Cartography.

There are so many uses from Maps and with the advance in technology, the future of Cartography can be very interesting.
Jahnavi

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  1. Ann BennettApril 4, 2016 at 12:52 PM

    I'm Pretty good with geography due to my love of maps. With the Internet, I travel the world. Cheers.

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  2. StrayerApril 4, 2016 at 9:21 PM

    I travel the world via google maps too! But, trying to locate a property line, I consulted the original surveyor map of the lots, after finding it on the city website. But the bearing for the south line seemed so off. Finally after reading up, I figured out my old liquid compass was giving me magnetic north and the bearing was true north. Then it made sense. It got me all interested again in map and compass reading. So your post is sure timely for me.

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    1. JanviApril 6, 2016 at 11:23 AM

      old is gold :) compass and map reading is time tested and works well all the time...thank you

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  3. Deepti AgarwalApril 4, 2016 at 10:05 PM

    Interesting option to be think about to learn..
    thanks for sharing

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