CONTENTS
I. THE MAP-MAKING REVOLUTION
Main Text:
  1- Seeing Information in Relation to Space
  2- A Changing Profession
  3- Cartography, GIS, and Visualization
  4- What Cartographers Do
  5- A Map of the Profession
  6- Mapping Specialties
  7- The Making of Maps
  8- A Demand for Mapmakers
Sidebar:

  Definitions of Cartography and GIS
   

II. BECOMING A CARTOGRAPHER

Main Text:

 

1- High School Preparation

  2- Higher Education
Sidebars:

  Many Routes to Cartography
  Introductory Publications
  Academic Programs: Colleges and Universities
   

III. CAREERS

Main Text:

  1- Private Sector Jobs
  2- Federal Jobs
 

3- State Jobs

Sidebars:

  Mapping and GIS in Private Industry
  Aerial Monitoring of Channel Is. Nat'l Marine Sanctuary
  A Sampling of Organizations Using Cartography and GIS
 

Careers in Cartography and GIS is published jointly by the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) and the Cartographic and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS). ACSM is a non-profit educational organization comprised of four member organizations, one of which is CaGIS. CaGIS serves professionals who are employed in the fields of cartography and GIS. The brochure is an updated version (2001) of the one printed in 1998. For printed copies of this publication, contact:
ACSM Publications
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Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Telephone: 240-632-9716 ext:109; Fax 240-632-1321
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Contributors

Main text:
David Cowen, University of South Carolina; Barbara Buttenfield, University of Colorado; Kathryn Clement, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Max Ethridge, U.S. Geological Survey, Rolla, MO; Dennis Fitzsimons, Southwest Texas University; Robert McMaster, University of Minnesota; Stuart Shea, TASC, Reston, VA; Timothy Trainor, U.S. Bureau of the Census; Paul Young, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Editor:
Keith Clarke, Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Research:
Matthew Austin, Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Brochure design and layout, cover photos, GIS illustration, sidebar text and photos, website:
Susan Baumgart, Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA