The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cartography:

Cartography (also called mapmaking) – study and practice of making and using maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography.

Essence of cartography

• Atlas
• Globe
• Map
• Map collection
• Mapping of the Earth

Branches of cartography

• Celestial cartography
• Planetary cartography

Approaches in cartography

• Cartographic generalization
• Cartographic labeling
• Critical cartography
• Terrain cartography

Cartography by region

• French cartography

Interdisciplinary fields involving cartography

• Geodesy
• Geomatics
• Topography

Types of maps

• Cartogram
• City map
• Contour map
• Dymaxion map
• Electronic map
• Fantasy map
• Geologic map
• Nautical chart
• Pictorial maps
• Planform
• Plat
• Reversed map
• Road atlas
• Street map
• Thematic map
• Topographic map
• World map

Map projections

Map projection

• List of map projections
• Orthographic projection in cartography

History of cartography

History of cartography

• Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
• History of geography
  • Chinese geography
  • List of Graeco-Roman geographers
  • Geography and cartography in medieval Islam
• Majorcan cartographic school

Cartography in politics

• Cartographic aggression
• Cartographic censorship
• Cartographic propaganda

Cartography-related organizations

• National mapping agency
• British Cartographic Society
• Cartography and Geographic Information Society
• International Cartographic Association
• National Cartographic Center of Iran
• North American Cartographic Information Society

Persons influential in cartography

• List of cartographers

Cartography scholars

• Cynthia Brewer—theorist of digital cartography's design
• Edward Tufte—general information design principles