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Cartography
I. Introduction

Cartography, the art and science of map-making. To quote the travel-writer Paul Theroux, “Cartography is the most scientific of the arts and the most artistic of the sciences”.

Contributed By:
David Rhind, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Former Director General, Ordnance Survey. Co-editor of Cartography Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; and Geographical Information Systems.
Reviewed By:
Tim Fearnside, B.SC., Dip.Cartog., F.B.Cart.S.
Senior Experimental Officer (Cartography), Swansea University. Chair, Education Committee of the British Cartographic Society. Formerly Chair, Society of Cartographers.
"Cartography," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008
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