Visual Thinking

I find it interesting how people shape maps according to how they perceive the world and what’s important to them. Most of the time they’re far from accurate (in perspective, detail, ratio…), but if you were to follow them you’d probably still find your way around. I once read an article about why that works and how our brains makes sense out of that kind information - need to find it again (and will update this post when I have).

Here’s one from Brandenburg, the area around Berlin.

There’s a contest running at http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/, so if you feel like making a map and maybe win something, go for it.