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Topography vs Cartography - What's the difference?

topography | cartography |

As nouns the difference between topography and cartography

is that topography is a precise description of a place while cartography is the creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.

topography

English

Noun

(wikipedia topography) (topographies)
  • a precise description of a place
  • a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
  • the features themselves (the terrain)
  • the surveying of the features

    • Related terms

    * topograph * topographer * topographic * * topographical * topographically

    See also

    * topology * toponym * toponymic

    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