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What is cartography?

What is cartography?

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Cartography is the art of drawing maps with the different conventional signs and symbols to represent the facts on the map.

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What is map?

A map is a representation of a portion on the wholeearth on the small sheet of paper with the fixedscale and symbols.

What are the types of scale?

The types of scale are:
-Statement scale.
-Graphical scale.
- Ff scale.

What do you understand by conventional signs?

Conventional signsare the different symbols that areused to represent the facts on the earth within themap.

Draw any five symbols that you think are important?

Write the full form of GIS and GPS.

The full form of GIS and GPS are:
-GIS: Geographical Information System.
- GPS:Geographical Positioning System.

Who are credited for invention of GPS?

Roger L. Easton, Ivan A. Getting and Bradford Parkinson are credited for invention of GPS.

Who developed GPS project and when was it developed?

The U.S. department of defense (DoD) developed GPS andit was developed in 1973 AD.

Who is considered as the father of GIS?

Roger Tomlinson is considered as the father of GIS.

What is GIS?

Geographical Information System (GIS) is the system ofcapturing, storing, checking and displaying the data relatedto the positions on earth'ssurface through computersystem that enable us to see, analyzeand understandthemap moreeasily.

What is google maps?

Google Maps is a desktop web mapping service developedby google that uses electronic version of map whichcan be accessed through internet by a receiver thatreceives the real map ofearth'ssurfacecapturedby the satellite.