A Map men can read better than women, because only the male mind could conceive of one inch equalling 100 miles.
The Map is called upon to enable a situational representation on the part of the individual subject to that vaster and properly unrepresentable totality which is the ensemble of the city's structure as a whole.
The Map is a way of flattening, transforming elements into connections that they otherwise do not have in order that some event might be 'handled'.
The Map is a special kind of city portrait, usually of practical intent. They are made to assist the 'man in the street' (or 'on the plot') to find position, property and place.
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