cartographernoun [ C ]
uk/kɑːˈtɒɡ.rə.fər/us/kɑːrˈtɑː.ɡrə.fɚ/someone who makes or draws maps
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Maps & map-making
- chart
- coastline
- contour
- coordinate
- elevation
- GPS
- grid reference
- isohyet
- isoline
- isotherm
- key
- map
- meridian
- os
- pt
- satnav
- the Ordnance Survey
- the prime meridian
- time zone
- triangulation
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Examples from literature
- He summoned thither astronomers and cartographers and skilled seamen, while he caused stouter and larger vessels to be built for the express purpose of exploration.
- Many a cartographer, burning with desire to draw a good map of a newly explored region, has been driven to despair by the inadequacy of the route surveys in his hands.
- The chart was a large one, showing the vast territory drained by the Ohio, the Missouri, and the Mississippi, and the imagination of the cartographer had made good his lack of information.