Now Read This: The Map Is Not the Territory

Maps! They help us make sense of a diverse range of complicated structures, from the geography of a city’s subway routes to the inner workings of the various regions within the human brain. This Modus article provides some interesting insight on how we use maps to understand the world around us and how that understanding can be verified or distorted given the nature of the map at hand. It even provides tried and tested tips from map designers to ensure that your map’s, “representation corresponds to the targeted concepts and that the representation is straightforward to use for the targeted tasks.”