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Cartography as a tool to analyze city planning and development
Wanxu Chen
Journal of Geography and Cartography 2023, 6(2); https://doi.org/10.24294/jgc.v6i2.6367
Submitted:13 May 2024
Accepted:13 May 2024
Published:07 Dec 2023
Abstract

City planning is becoming more and more crucial as modernization and urbanization progress quickly. Making maps is an essential and helpful way in the city planning process for gathering data about the layout of a city and its elements, including the roads, traffic, buildings, and environment. Thanks to advancements in technology, computer software is now used to create maps, yielding more accurate and varied results. As a result, cartography is now closely related to and plays a crucial part in city planning. This brief essay will discuss the value of cartography in urban development and planning, as well as the connection between the two.

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