Cartographers have a wide variety of skills. They are visual people who find it easy to communicate with drawings and graphics. They usually have a certain amount of artistic skill so that they can present maps in a way that is appealing and easy-to-understand. Cartographers are precise and know that making sure the work that they do is always as accurate, or as correct, as it can be is a very important responsibility they have to map-users.

What kind of subjects do cartographers take in school?

The answer is - everything! Cartographers have a broad understanding of arts subjects like English and other languages, and science subjects like geology, biology, chemistry, and physics. Cartographers also take social sciences subjects like history, politics, archaeology, and anthropology. Some schools offer geography courses which can focus both on more physical sorts of studies like landscape change geomorphology, and human sorts of studies like the geography of religion, or the geography of population.

What do cartographers do after high school?

After high school, if a student decides to pursue cartography as a career, they have two broad choices to investigate. Some community colleges and universities have programs specifically designed for cartography studies. Students go to these schools to learn how to make maps and use mapping technology. Other students may choose to go to a university and take geography courses while there, and learn some cartography skills that way. Still other students may choose to go to university and take a program of studies that doesn't seem to have anything to do with cartography like archaeology or biology. After they have finished their university degree, the student may then decide to enter a program to learn how to make maps. Combinations of cartography and other subjects of study like archaeology, biology, or any other subjects may be a very good choice if you are interested in topics like the locations of archaeological dig-sites, or the location of wildlife habitats.