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 Canadian Geographic Article Index
Cartography (definition)
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.
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Articles tagged with Cartography (23)
Winning ideas
You’ve snagged the prize that honours your groundbreaking idea to protect, restore or preserve Canada’s environment, so what’s next? The past four winners of the 3M Environmental Innovation Award have big plans.
Canada’s unsung expedition
A century after the start of the thrilling expedition that strengthened claims to Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, the first Canadian Arctic Expedition remains a largely unknown part of the country’s history
Interactive map: see the northern lights across Canada
With solar activity at a peak this year, the northern lights may be visible further south than usual. Find the best places near you to experience the aurora borealis.
Buried treasure
Marina Dodis follows a crew of paleontologists on their trek to a secret fossil site in northern B.C.
Showdown at Tumbler Ridge
If paleontologist Rich McCrea is right, dinosaur discoveries could be the future of a former coal town in northeastern British Columbia — unless amateur fossil hunters dig out the bones first
Boundary bulge
Canada is implementing a massive seabed mapping project that could redraw our borders and give us access to untold amounts of natural resources
Shadowing the mapmakers
Artist Landon Mackenzie reimagines the landscapes travelled by Canada’s earliest cartographers
Here is where you are
Maps invite travel, but each journey creates its own cartography
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Alan Morantz
Exploration
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Mapping Canada
Lost towns
Ontario hamlets grapple with a cartographic identity crisis
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Allen Abel
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Taras Kovaliv
Tags:
Atherton, Ontario, Cartography, Gunter, Ontario, Houseys Rapids, Ontario, Latta, Ontario, Maps, Millbridge, Ontario, Official Road Map of Ontario, Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Carto graphics
No space is too big, no world too virtual to have its very own map
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Feature stories
Carto graphics
No space is too big, no world too virtual to have its very own map
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Feature stories
Exploitation
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Mapping Canada
Nation building
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Mapping Canada
Mapping misadventures
Source: Canadian Geographic, Annual 2000
Department:
Map Mix
Contributors:
Alexandra Stikeman
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