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Career as Cartographers
Cartographers are trained in aerial photography and in collecting survey data for preparing maps, charts, and sketches. They work to create detailed information maps based on survey data.
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Job Profile
Cartographers
- Measure, compute, analyze, interpret and generate maps using cartographic design
- Create maps using geographical information for political, educational and cultural use
- Collect a variety of data e.g. population spread, rainfall precipitation, land use etc. for mapping
- Use sources such as surveys, aerial photographs, old maps, satellite pictures to prepare maps
- Update old maps by incorporating new data
- Work with photogrammetric specialists who provide data collected from aerial surveys
Employment Opportunities
- Exploration firms
- Government Survey departments
- NGO's working in rural & urban development, environment & population studies
- Oil companies
- Planning and architectural firms
- Remote Sensing organizations
Recruiting Companies
Google Maps 
National Geographic 
Oil & Natural Gas Commission - Eicher Maps
- Ministries of Defense, Tourism and Transportation
- National Highway Organization
- Planning and architectural firms
- Publishers of Maps and Atlases
- Survey of India
- TomTom India, Pune
How do I get there?
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Std XII
Stream:Any
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Graduate degree
Geography
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Post Grad Dip
Geographical Cartography
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Goal
Cartographer
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Std XII
Stream:Sc PCM
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Graduation
B.Sc*
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Entrance Test
Geographical Cartography
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Post Grad Dip
Geo Cartography
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Goal
Cartographer
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Std XII
Stream:Sc PCM
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Graduation
B.Sc Geography
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Entrance Test
Geographical Cartography
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Post Grad Dip
Geog Cartography
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Goal
Cartographer
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Std XII
Stream :Sc PCM
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Graduation
B.Sc Geography
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Post Graduation
M.Sc Cartography
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Goal
Cartographer
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Std XII
Stream: Sc PCM
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Graduation
B.E/ B.Tech
Geo-informatics -
Goal
Cartographer
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Std XII
Stream: Sc PCM
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Graduation
B.E/B.Tech
Remote Sensing -
Post Graduation
M.Tech
Remote Sensing/GIS -
Goal
Cartographer
*Computer Science/ Earth Science/ Physical Science
Amity Institute of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Noida
Bhartiya Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune
Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, AllahabadFeatured Institutes in India
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