Portal:Cartography

Welcome to the Wikiversity Center for Cartography.

The Center for Cartography is a Wikiversity content development project where participants create, organize and develop learning resources for map-making and related activities ranging from simple hand-drawn maps to sophisticated computerized GIS data models.

Related studies

Part of Engineering and Technology

Relates to:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Production and Design Engineering
• Computer Science
• Civil Engineering
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Learning materials

• WikiMap (WikiMapia)
• Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
• CAD Lesson - Principles of CAD and Terminology
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Related learning projects

• Geoinformatics (Computer Science)
• Computer Aided Design Course
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Software

• OCAD - a software program designed to draw maps of all types.
• Inkscape - a vector graphics editor application compliant with the XML, SVG and CSS standards.
• The GIMP - an image manipulation package freely-available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X.
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Resources

• Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)
• U.S. Census Bureau TIGER web page
• Tiger Map Server Browser
• GRASS: Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
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