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Mapping vs Cartography - What's the difference?

mapping | cartography |

As nouns the difference between mapping and cartography

is that mapping is the process of making maps while cartography is the creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.

As a verb mapping

is present participle of lang=en.

mapping

English

(wikipedia mapping)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making maps.
  • (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  • (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  • (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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