Talk:Geodesy/Archive 2

Difference from Cartography etc.
Could someone with sufficient knowledge add to the lede and/or Definition section a clarification of the differences between Geodesy, Cartography, and perhaps Geography and Surveying and similar fields? My impression is that the purpose of contemporary geodesy is to produce an accurate mathematical description of the planet as a body moving through space, while the purpose of cartography is to produce maps. I suppose geography is broader, the study of the planet and our settlements on it. PJTraill (talk) 12:12, 14 January 2024 (UTC)