The textbook covers the main topics of general cartography: historical and theoretical foundations of cartography, elements and types of maps, cartographic projections, generalization, image methods, stages of creating geographical maps, methods of using maps, geographic information foundations, as well as digital mapping systems and technologies. For students and graduate students of universities studying in the specialties "geodesy and remote sensing," "applied geodesy," "urban cadastre," "real estate cadastre," as well as for scientific and engineering workers related to the development, creation and use of geographical maps.