地ち図ず作さく成せい

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Meanings

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.

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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.