they are using the maps at that time
A person who follows a career of mapmaking is called a cartographer. Cartographers create, analyze, and update maps to help people navigate and understand geographical information.
The five themes of geography focus on mapmaking as an essential tool for understanding location, place, human-environment interactions, movement, and regions. In contrast, subfields of geography might focus on mapmaking as a method to study specialized topics such as political geography, urban geography, or physical geography in more detail.
The five themes of geography focus on mapmaking as an while the subfields focus on mapmaking as a tool that can be applied to all themes; special field and set of skills.
mapmaking
Technology helped the field of geography to expand beyond mapmaking.
Technology spurred the expansion into other fields outside of mapmaking.
Cartography.
They have allowed more accuracy in mapmaking. Radar is used more often than Aeral photography
Technology helped the field of geography to expand beyond mapmaking.
Cartography is the science of mapmaking.
The improved mapmaking techniques developed by Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century, particularly the Mercator projection, greatly aided in navigation and circumnavigation of the globe. This projection allowed for accurate representation of the Earth's surface on flat maps, making it easier for navigators to plot their course accurately across long distances.