Kartograf

cartographer, mapmaker

noun te-A-ter-pae-da-go-ge Rare

Origin: from Medieval Latin carta (map) + Greek graphein (to write)

Usage Note

Kartograf designs and produces maps and atlases. Today the work is largely digital, using GIS software. The recognised training is Kartograf/-in (apprenticeship) or study of Kartografie und Geoinformatik. Feminine: Kartografin. Also spelled Kartograph.

Examples

"Die Kartografin aktualisierte die Straßenkarten für das neue Stadtgebiet."

Natural Translation

The cartographer updated the road maps for the new urban area.

Literal Translation

The cartographer updated the road-maps for the new city-area.

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