mapmaker

noun

map·mak·er ˈmap-ˌmā-kər

: cartographer

mapmaking

ˈmap-ˌmā-kiŋ

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Mapmaker, mapmaker draw me a map: The redistricting process isn’t over yet, with lawsuits filed in 14 states challenging the congressional lines, per the New York Times. —

Chuck Todd, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023 Senate Democrats' mapmaker criticized Wise's map for having too many divided cities. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2021 Child went on to serve in the diplomatic service, meet and marry artist-turned-mapmaker Paul Child, discover a love of cooking and become the first bona fide star of public television. —

Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 When the mapmaker is sent on a perilous expedition to uncharted seas, Sai goes along, and the journey proves to be life-changing in many ways. —

Karen Macpherson, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 How did the mapmaker decide which records to draw on? —

Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2018 Twelve-year-old Sai has lucked into a prestigious position as assistant to Mangkon’s greatest mapmaker, Paiyoon Wongyai. —

Karen Macpherson, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 Another thoroughgoing work of pop scholarship, this one from a Spanish singer, songwriter and producer for whom cultural boundaries exert all the weight of ink on a mapmaker’s paper. —

Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022 Aaron Reiss is a multimedia journalist, researcher and mapmaker. —

New York Times, 5 June 2022 See More

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