In this role you could be :

• using desktop publishing and specialist computer software
• designing digital or paper based maps
• checking maps and charts are accurate and to scale
• editing maps, adding and removing new roads, structures or landmarks
• collecting and analysing data from remote sensors on satellites and planes
• using GIS to model and analyse landscape features
• plotting the heights and positions of geographical features from aerial photographs
• carrying out topographic surveys of the land and hydrographic surveys of the sea and coastal areas

You could work in an office.

With experience you could become a senior cartographer and manage mapping projects and staff.

If you specialise in working with GIS, you could apply for Chartered Geographer (GIS) status.

You could also work on a freelance basis, but you’ll need your own mapping equipment.