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Definition of Mapmaking
1. Noun. The making of maps and charts.
Generic synonyms: Devising, Fashioning, Making
Derivative terms: Cartographer, Cartographical
Definition of Mapmaking
1. Noun. Cartography, the making of maps and charts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mapmaking
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mapmaking
Literary usage of Mapmaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical And Creative Thinking In Middle And by Matt Copeland (2005)
"mapmaking A third informal assessment technique that also produces a graphic
representation of the inner circle's dialogue is mapmaking. ..."
2. Horgan's Half-tone and Photomechanical Processes by Stephen Henry Horgan (1913)
"... photogravure has since been used in many European countries for mapmaking,
while Major J. Waterhouse perfected the process for government use in India. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
""An admirable example of mapmaking, a thorough work«1*'1 way, clear, compact,
precise, with hardi va broken letter even tele The States of this country, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In trigonometry, surveying and mapmaking, a base or base-line is a straight line
measured on the ground from the two extremities of which angles will be ..."
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