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You're not likely to find Cartography in the Yellow Pages. However,
thousands of cartographers are employed by a variety of organizations.
Here is a sample:
Public
Sector
- City and county Geographic Information Systems divisions
- State departments of natural resources
- State, county, and city planning commissions
- City and county public works departments, engineering, water and
sewer agencies, emergency 911 centers, tax assessment departments, planning
and zoning departments, land records, public access, transportation
modeling and planning, and law enforcement agencies
- Federal government within various agencies (see text about federal
jobs)
Private
Sector
- Specialty mapping firms
- Newspaper and magazine publishers
- Televisions stations and networks
- Surveyors and land information companies
- Surveying equipment manufacturers
- Land development/housing market analysis firms
- Oil, electric and gas utilities
- Environmental consulting firms
- Health care firms
- Banks and insurance companies
- Transportation providers and consultants
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Retail organizations with multiple locations
- Telecommunications firms
- Software development companies
- Internet service providers
- Local and regional guidebook publishers
Non-Profit
Organizations
- Environmental and civic organizations
- Schools and educational institutions
- Associations and journal publishers
- Professional societies and foundations
- International “think tanks”
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