John Rowland wrote:
"Boltar" wrote in message
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Maps shouldn't be counter intuitive and have to get used to them.

Rubbish. All but the simplest maps have features which you have to
get used
to. The A-Z uses a square for a fire station and a triangle for a
police
station - what's intiuitive about that?

Reducto ad absurdum doesn't help the argument. Being able to read a map
in
the first place which is what knowing what the physical symbols mean is
not
the same as having to figure out which way its facing as you well know.


Anyone should be able to glance at them and read
them in seconds. Otherwise they're useless.

Useless to people with the attention span of a goldfish, but useful
to
everyone else.

Maps exist as help. If they're too complex they're no help. So why
bother
with them? Besides , a line diagram is a simple bunch of lines. You
don't have
variations for the sake of it.

Do you think road junction signs should always have north at the top?
Do you
think the signs where a road leaves a roundabout should all point
left as
they do now, or should they point in a direction which denotes their
geographical direction?

Since when have road junctions signs been maps? They're direction
indicators!
You don't look at an A-Z at some roads and then expect a smaller
version to
appear on a road sign. Apples and oranges.

B2003