Geographic vs Cartographic - What's the difference?
geographic | cartographic |
Pertaining to geography.
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North.)
Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
* 1831 , Norton Shaw et. al., The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
* 1993 , Harlow C Landphair, Terry Larsen, Evaluation and Development of Visualization Technology for Highway Transportation
As adjectives the difference between geographic and cartographic
is that geographic is pertaining to geography while cartographic is of or pertaining to the making of maps.geographic
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Alternative forms
* geographickAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* geographic north * geographic latitude * geographic milecartographic
English
Adjective
(-)- This is important to the ends of tangible geography, as well in the construction and arrangement of tables, as in every description of cartographic composition.
- However, both of these examples assume that no three dimensional data is available in the initial digital cartographic data or other data sets that precede the immediate operation.
