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cartographic

cartographic

2 7.5
Relating to making or studying maps and charts
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɑːrtəˈɡræfɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cartográfico
  • The cartographic designs in the atlas were beautifully detailed and easy to read.
  • cartographic representation
  • cartographic resources
  • cartographic materials

Examples

  • Throughout the centuries, mapmakers have sought interpretive cartographic solutions to ambiguities in biblical geography (Laor 1986).

    Academic text (1992)
  • I would argue that a state's stamp program has goals that are similar to its cartographic effort.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The author found no reference to the Union County map in a wide survey of cartographic collections.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Currently, historical celestial cartographic resources are still used for research.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Map algebra was used to transform the original cartographic data into the final variables (Figure 3).

    Academic text (2001)
  • For pictorial and cartographic information, resolution decreases as scope increases and as scale becomes smaller.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The last parameter corresponds to one of the most frequently used bits of data used for cartographic materials: coordinates.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Morse describes how cartographic materials and sheet maps fit into the entity-relationship model of FRBR.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Wilbur was practically in a state of perpetual giddiness thinking about the cartographic presentation of cultural ephemera.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Such shifts and translations parallel the physical and conceptual transformations of landscape into cartographic representations or maps.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

cartographical
vscartographic
  • Specialized
1 8.1

About making or studying maps

is the longer adjective form used in alternative or older spelling

Surface Forms

cartographic positive

Morphology

cartographic = cartography (transparent) = cartography + ic

Clearly formed from the noun 'cartography' plus the adjectival suffix '-ic', so the meaning 'relating to mapmaking' is directly derived.

Etymology

Cartographic comes from the part carto-, which means 'map' (think of chart), and the part -graphic, which means 'to draw or write', like in graphic. So cartographic describes the drawing or making of maps.