car·tog·ra·phy (kär-tŏg'rə-fē) n. The art or technique of making maps or charts.
[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek graphiā; see -graphy).] car·tog'ra·pher n., car'to·graph'ic (kär'tə-grāf'ĭk), car'to·graph'i·cal adj.