car·tog·ra·phy 
(kär-tŏgrə-fē)
(kär-tŏgrə-fē)n.
The art or technique of making maps or charts.
[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see CARD1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek -graphiā; see -GRAPHY).]
car·togra·pher n.
car′to·graphic (kär′tə-grăfĭk), car′to·graphi·cal adj.