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Meaning of "mapmaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAPMAKING

mapmaking  [ˈmæpmeɪkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAPMAKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mapmaking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAPMAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mapmaking

Cartography

Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to: ▪ Set the map's agenda and select traits of the object to be mapped. This is the concern of map editing. Traits may be physical, such as roads or land masses, or may be abstract, such as toponyms or political boundaries. ▪ Represent the terrain of the mapped object on flat media. This is the concern of map projections. ▪ Eliminate characteristics of the mapped object that are not relevant to the map's purpose. This is the concern of generalization. ▪ Reduce the complexity of the characteristics that will be mapped. This is also the concern of generalization. ▪ Orchestrate the elements of the map to best convey its message to its audience. This is the concern of map design. Modern cartography is largely integrated with geographic information science and constitutes many theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems.

Definition of mapmaking in the English dictionary

The definition of mapmaking in the dictionary is the act or process of making geographical maps.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAPMAKING


boilermaking
ˈbɔɪləˌmeɪkɪŋ
decision-making
dɪˈsɪʒənˌmeɪkɪŋ
dressmaking
ˈdrɛsmeɪkɪŋ
film-making
ˈfɪlmˌmeɪkɪŋ
glass-making
ˈɡlɑːsˌmeɪkɪŋ
homemaking
ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ
lovemaking
ˈlʌvˌmeɪkɪŋ
making
ˈmeɪkɪŋ
matchmaking
ˈmætʃˌmeɪkɪŋ
merrymaking
ˈmɛrɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
money-making
ˈmʌnɪmeɪkɪŋ
moviemaking
ˈmuːvɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
platemaking
ˈpleɪtˌmeɪkɪŋ
playmaking
ˈpleɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
policy-making
ˈpɒlɪsɪmeɪkɪŋ
printmaking
ˈprɪntˌmeɪkɪŋ
profit-making
ˈprɒfɪtmeɪkɪŋ
tool-making
ˈtuːlˌmeɪkɪŋ
watchmaking
ˈwɒtʃmeɪkɪŋ
winemaking
ˈwaɪnmeɪkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAPMAKING

maple
maple butter
Maple Leaf
maple leaves
maple sugar
maple syrup
maplelike
mapless
maplike
mapmaker
mappable
mapped
mappemond
mapper
mappery
mapping
mapping pen
mappist
Maputo
mapwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAPMAKING

baking
banking
braking
breaking
breathtaking
English-speaking
freaking
ground-breaking
heartbreaking
home baking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
phreaking
public speaking
record-breaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
taking
undertaking
waking

Synonyms and antonyms of mapmaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mapmaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAPMAKING

Find out the translation of mapmaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mapmaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mapmaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

制图
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cartografía
570 millions of speakers

English

mapmaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mapmaking
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رسم الخرائط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

картографии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mapmaking
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mapmaking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cartographie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembuatan peta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kartographie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地図作成
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지도 제작
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mapmaking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lập bản đồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mapmaking
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅपमेकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

harita yapımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cartografia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mapmaking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картографії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mapmaking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρτογράφησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mapmaking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kartografin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mapmaking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mapmaking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAPMAKING»

The term «mapmaking» is regularly used and occupies the 91.930 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAPMAKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mapmaking» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mapmaking» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mapmaking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAPMAKING»

Discover the use of mapmaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mapmaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142) and index.
Jill K. Berry, 2011
2
Mapmaking
Discusses the steps it takes to create a map in a logical step-by-step process.
Cynthia Kennedy Henzel, 2010
3
Mapmaking With Children: Sense of Place Education for the ...
In this book, David Sobel explains how mapmaking has relevance across the curriculum.
David Sobel, 1998
4
Cartographic Encounters: Perspectives on Native American ...
This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and mapmaking from the pre- and post-contact periods.
G. Malcolm Lewis, 1998
5
Gerardus Mercator: Father of Modern Mapmaking
A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper.
Ann Heinrichs, 2007
6
Maps and Mapmaking
Discusses the history and importance of maps and the science of cartography.
Fran Sammis, 2000
7
Mapmaking
"Winner of the John Ciardi Prize for poetry, selected by Sidney Wade." ” A profound meditation on the permeability of past and present, nature and artifice, self and other, space and time, Mapmaking is a miracle of invention." —Alice ...
Megan Harlan, 2010
8
Mapmaking, partition stories from two bengals
Stories From Bangladesh And West Bengal In A Unique Attempt To See How Partition Has Shaped The Narratives Of The Two Regions That Share A Common Culture And Language.
Debjani Sengupta, 2003
9
All about Maps and Mapmaking
Grades 5-8.
Susan Marsh, 1963
10
Piri Reis & Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus: The Khalili ...
Soucek's analysis shows how Reis's work represented a fusion of the Islamic world view with European map-making traditions.
Svat Soucek, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAPMAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mapmaking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lawmakers should fix districts in January your views
The effect of that calculated mapmaking is to pack black voters into a single district that is reliably Democratic. The 3rd District is represented by ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»
2
CPS removes principals at Senn High, Marine Leadership Academy …
... rare Army man who learned a trade that could be converted to civilian life, which he did by making a career from his aerial mapmaking skills. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
3
Brown: Reluctant WWII heroes take their bows | Chicago
... rare Army man who learned a trade that could be converted to civilian life, which he did by making a career from his aerial mapmaking skills. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
4
Texas DA says Sandra Bland case being 'treated just as it would be …
... rare Army man who learned a trade that could be converted to civilian life, which he did by making a career from his aerial mapmaking skills. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
5
TomTom Expands Map Footprint Globally | Business Wire
“We rely on intelligent mapmaking and our transactional mapmaking engine to continuously deliver map updates around the globe, increasing ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
6
Location, location, location | The Economist
... not clear that mapmaking in itself is a very profitable business. For profits to rise much for rival mapping firms, Google would probably have to ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
7
Congressional district changes could bring political upheaval in …
Normally, the highly technical, intensely political mapmaking takes place every 10 years as population changes uncovered in the most recent ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Former President George HW Bush falls at Maine home, breaks bone
... rare Army man who learned a trade that could be converted to civilian life, which he did by making a career from his aerial mapmaking skills. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
9
Sneed exclusive: Big changes coming to CPS, board top spots
... rare Army man who learned a trade that could be converted to civilian life, which he did by making a career from his aerial mapmaking skills. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
10
TILT receives $1 million to continue conservation efforts
As an example, Jefferson County offered to help the organization with mapmaking. “We've already done a lot of work to make sure we could ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mapmaking [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mapmaking>. Jun 2026 ».
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