Historically known as someone who makes maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography. The geographer is capable of studying not only the physical details of the environment but also its impact on human and wildlife ecologies, weather patterns, economics, and culture.
The skills required to become a geographer are grounded in the physical sciences but are also influenced by the social sciences. The modern geographer focuses mainly on resolving the environmental and locational problems of contemporary society.
There is also a well-known painting by Johannes Vermeer titled The Geographer, which is often linked to Vermeer's The Astronomer. These paintings are both thought to represent the growing influence and rise in prominence of scientific enquiry in Europe at the time of their painting, 1668-69.
The Global Positioning System Overview, part of The Geographer's Craft Project, written by Peter H. Dana, has been selected as one of GIS World's eight "Best of the Net" sites for 1996.
You are welcome to use and copy these materials for education, but please credit the source as: The Geographer's Craft, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder and cite the individual author of the modules you use.
All Geographer's Craft materials were moved to the University of Colorado at Boulder during spring and summer 2000.
A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical environment and humanhabitat.
Though geographers are historically known as people who make maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography.
The geographer is capable of studying not only the physical details of the environment but also its impact on human and wildlifeecologies, weather and climate patterns, economics, and culture.
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