Map Wall Map Wall consists of a series of four different panels of maps which detail the subjective nature of mapmaking. View A collection of five maps from different cultures, differing radically in appearance and purpose, show how mapmakers' techniques and world view are shaped by the traditions of the time and place in which they work. This series of maps illustrates some of the choices a mapmaker must make. The World in Your Head Maps for Finding Your Way Five maps from around the world demonstrate that a map is not an objective window onto a place, but is a subjective interpretation of reality. The lines on the page are an abstraction of the world that reveals the mapmaker's imagination, biases, and distortions of memory.
Maps used for navigation come in all types and sizes.
This array of navigational maps shows that the form of a particular map is influenced by the culture in which the mapmaker lives, as well as by the map's purpose.