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    On the map

By Stephen Knapp <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
01/18/2006

From Interstate 70, the pair of two-story gray buildings perched low on
the southern hillside look unremarkable. They’re no great shakes up
close, either, and you could easily drive by them on Beaver Brook Canyon
Road without supposing they’re anything but a couple of nice homes among
the many nice homes on Floyd Hill. You have to get out of your car,
climb the wooden stairs and stand before the ordinary front door to see
the magazine-sized sign reading "National Geographic Maps." Beyond that
modest portal lies a world of adventure.

A good map is far more than "X-marks-the-spot." Conceptually, a good map
orients us to our surroundings, providing necessary context by which we
relate to our physical environment. As a practical matter, a good map
not only shows us where to go, it tells us what to expect along the way
and what we’ll find when we get there. On an emotional level, a good map
fires the imagination, brings unseen vistas to life before our eyes and
elevates our gaze toward the mysterious possibilities that lay beyond
the horizon.

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