cartographic

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The US is very fortunate to require all government-produced cartographic data is solidly in the public domain.

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Of or pertaining to the making of maps.

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the making of maps.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for cartographic.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the making of maps.

Example sentences

The US is very fortunate to require all government-produced cartographic data is solidly in the public domain.

But it's different for maps, it's not the programming that was at fault, it's the cartographic data.

Well that's a matter of cartographic style, which is only small part of what goes into creating a map like this.

A national border is silly as a physical reality; it is just a cartographic whim.

Right now, I am moving beyond forms at work and researching cartographic map vectorization using deep learning techniques.

It's not as simple as the straw man I set up there.) The US is very fortunate to require all government-produced cartographic data is solidly in the public domain.

But the Spanish were extremely secretive about their cartographic knowledge so the mere fact that there was no official announcement of a discovery doesn't necessarily mean they didn't know about it.

Did it ever occur to you that cartographic paradigms are like languages?

That's the thing about studying the world's cartographic traditions; you reach a point when you can recognize a big deal when you see one.

Tufte recommends Imhof’s book Cartographic Relief Presentation on the subject of choosing colors for data graphics, and I’d second the recommendation.

It is the only global and free source of cartographic data.

An explanation for India's weird cartographic laws is in order.

Quote examples

Abstract: "The gaihōzu (外邦図), ‘maps of outer lands' produced by the Japanese Imperial Army between 1873 and 1945, represent one of the most comprehensive cartographic records of East and Inner Asia.

Horses for courses, if Google Maps scratches your cartographic itch then go for it but please don't say things like "shut down the entire Apple Maps division" as some of us are using it very happily and are watchfully waiting for Apple to start pushing their datasets forward.

I'm sure someone with a little more knowledge of cartographic history/time to research will fill in some blanks here but I'm fairly certain the orientation we give to globes and maps was from European influence, consequently it makes sense for them to place themselves at the "top" half of the world rather than the "bottom".