Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 2 - Social Sciences, Psychology and Law
• 23 - Disciplines in the Social Sciences
• 45.07 - Geography and Cartography

45.0702 - Cartography

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic study of mapmaking and the application of mathematical, computer, and other techniques to the science of mapping geographic information. These programs include courses in cartographic theory and map projections, computer-assisted cartography, map design and layout, photogrammetry, air photo interpretation, remote sensing, cartographic editing, and applications to specific industrial, commercial, research, and governmental mapping problems.

• Example Program Names:

  • Cartography
  • Digital mapping
  • Geographic information systems (GIS)
  • Geomatics
  • Geomatics technician
  • Geomatics technology
  • Map design
  • Map making
  • Photogrammetry
  • Topography

• Exclusion

  • Surveying engineering(14.3801)
  • Surveying and mapping(15.1102)
  • Drafting(15.1301)
  • Topology(27.0105)
  • Geography(45.0701)