地ち図ず作さく成せい

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Meanings

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noun

cartography; mapmaking; mapping

Refers to the process or field of creating maps, from traditional cartography to modern digital mapping.

彼かれは地ち図ず作さく成せいの専せん門もん家かです

。

He is a specialist in cartography.

このソフトは地ち図ず作さく成せいに便べん利りだ。

This software is useful for mapmaking.

Kanji

地ground, earth
図map, drawing, plan
作make, production, prepare
成turn into, become, get
製made in..., manufacture

Related words

製せい図ず
製図 refers to drafting or drawing plans (often technical/architectural), while 地図作成 specifically means map production.
測そく量りょう
測量 is surveying (measuring land), which is a step often preceding 地図作成.

Built from

地ち図ず+作さく成せい

Written forms

地ち図ず作さく成せい
Standard spelling using 作成 (making/producing).
地ち図ず作さく製せい
Variant using 作製 (manufacturing/producing), less common but seen in technical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 地図 (map) + 作成 (making/production). The variant 作製 uses a kanji with a nuance of manufacturing, but both are used interchangeably in this context.