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Cartography vs Topograph - What's the difference?

cartography | topograph |

As nouns the difference between cartography and topograph

is that cartography is the creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography while topograph is a monument erected in a high place, such as a hilltop, indicating the direction and distance of notable landscape features which can be seen with the naked eye from that point.

cartography

English

(wikipedia cartography)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
  • (countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.

    • Synonyms

    * cartology

    Derived terms

    * cartographer * cartographic, cartographical English words suffixed with -graphy

    topograph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia topograph)
  • A monument erected in a high place, such as a hilltop, indicating the direction and distance of notable landscape features which can be seen with the naked eye from that point.

    • Synonyms

    * toposcope