cartography

cartography
    n 1: the making of maps and charts [syn: {mapmaking},
         {cartography}]
    

Cartography \Car*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See
   {Card}, and {-graphy}.]
   The art or business of forming charts or maps.
   [1913 Webster]
    

85 Moby Thesaurus words for "cartography":
      Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection,
      Miller projection, aeronautical chart, altimetry,
      astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection,
      azimuthal projection, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry,
      cadastration, cartographer, celestial chart, celestial globe,
      chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, conic projection,
      contour line, contour map, craniometry, cylindrical projection,
      general reference map, geodesy, geodetic satellite, geodetics,
      geography, globe, gnomonic projection, goniometry, graphic scale,
      grid line, hachure, heliographic chart, hydrographic chart,
      hypsography, hypsometry, index, isoline, latitude, layer tint,
      legend, longitude, map, map maker, map projection, mapper,
      mensuration, meridian, metrology, navigation, oceanography,
      orbiting geophysical observatory, parallel, photogrammetrist,
      photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map,
      planimetry, political map, polyconic projection, projection,
      psychometrics, psychometry, relief map, representative fraction,
      road map, scale, sinusoidal projection, special map, stereometry,
      surveying, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map,
      topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map,
      weather chart, weather map