Question

The act of mapmaking is called ______?
a. Geography
b. Cartography
c. Topography
d. Geomorphology

Answer 1

Hint:
Map making is study and practice by combining science, aesthetics, and technology, the map is constructed on the basis that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modelled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.


Complete solution:
Cartography is generally considered to design, create and construct science and art. This includes everything from basic fieldwork to final printing and marketing of maps. In modern time cartography, it is also considered as the science of human movement.

The basic objectives of traditional cartography are:

Set the agenda of the map and select the characteristics of the object to be mapped. This is a concern about map editing. Symptoms may be physical, such as a road or mass of land, or intangible, such as toponyms or political boundaries.

Represent the terrain of the mapped object on flat media. This map concerns projections.

Remove characteristics of a mapped object that are not relevant to the purpose of the map. This is a generalization concern.

Reduce the complexity of the features to be mapped. It is also a concern for generalization.

Orchestrating the elements of the map to convey its message to its audience best. This is a concern about map design.

Modern cartography lays many theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems and geographic information science.

In understanding basic maps, the field of cartography can be divided into two general categories: general cartography and thematic cartography. General cartography includes maps that are made for general audiences and thus have a wide variety of features. Common maps display many reference and location systems and are often constructed in a series. For example, 1: 24,000 scale topographic maps of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are a standard compared to 1: 50,000 scale Canadian maps. The UK government produces classic 1: 50,000 (replacing the old 1 inch by 1 mile) "Ordnance Survey" maps of the whole of Britain and correlated with a range of larger and smaller scales. Many private mapping companies have also produced a thematic map series.


Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
Some maps have intentional errors or distortions, either as propagandists or as "watermarks" to help the copyright owner identify the infringement if the error appears in the contestants' maps. The latter often come as nonexistent, or misspelt "trapping roads". Other names and forms for this are Paper Townsites, Fantasy Entries and Copyright Easter Eggs.