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<blockquote data-quote="Wangalade" data-source="post: 6318384" data-attributes="member: 6691437">the point that buildings were labeled, but roads were not was to illustrate the inefficacy of the map. you are right in that it is easy to locate the buildings without a road map, which brings us to the question of what is the purpose of this&nbsp; map? is it to analyze a specific feature or how they interact? no, there are not thematic elements and no real geospatial information besides locations. so is it a general use map? general use maps are primarily used for navigation, whether they are city street maps or topographic maps or even ancient maps, their main purpose is navigation. the fact that no roads are named and only landmarks relevant to the storyline(this is an assumption) are marked leads me to the conclusion that this map would serve very poorly as a navigational tool. how would you direct someone to Harbin Wester's Home? having each building and road with a sign was just an example of use. as you put it, it would be easy for the pcs to locate all the labeled buildings without a map, so then why have a map? isn't it simply a list of important places stamped onto some nice artwork? do we need a map&nbsp; for such a small village?so with the conclusion that this map is not designed for analytic or navigational purposes, then we decide the map is really superfluous and realize it is only presented to satisfy the demands of the customers for pretty pictures. the map is simply an aesthetically pleasing image, nothing more, nothing less.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wangalade, post: 6318384, member: 6691437"] the point that buildings were labeled, but roads were not was to illustrate the inefficacy of the map. you are right in that it is easy to locate the buildings without a road map, which brings us to the question of what is the purpose of this map? is it to analyze a specific feature or how they interact? no, there are not thematic elements and no real geospatial information besides locations. so is it a general use map? general use maps are primarily used for navigation, whether they are city street maps or topographic maps or even ancient maps, their main purpose is navigation. the fact that no roads are named and only landmarks relevant to the storyline(this is an assumption) are marked leads me to the conclusion that this map would serve very poorly as a navigational tool. how would you direct someone to Harbin Wester's Home? having each building and road with a sign was just an example of use. as you put it, it would be easy for the pcs to locate all the labeled buildings without a map, so then why have a map? isn't it simply a list of important places stamped onto some nice artwork? do we need a map for such a small village? so with the conclusion that this map is not designed for analytic or navigational purposes, then we decide the map is really superfluous and realize it is only presented to satisfy the demands of the customers for pretty pictures. the map is simply an aesthetically pleasing image, nothing more, nothing less. [/QUOTE]

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