Thursday, April 11, 2013

Mental Map

 
http://andrewshears.com/2010/12/19/mapping-geo-autobiography-my-mental-map-of-the-world/

Above conveys a mental map, it is person's personal point of view perception of their own world.  This map was drawn by Andrew Shears, it is his own depection of the world from his memory.  This type of map is generally studied in the field of social sciences and modern day geographers enabling researchers to see a person's personal preference in design of a map and see in  their terms what is practical, an example would also be driving directions.

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