Geography and Navigation

geography and navigation:

roads, buildings and crossings. we look up, we see the sky and stars. we look down, we see the ground. many rely on maps to guide us. where does this road lead? who has walked here before?

where is the supermarket? where is the school? where is the library and the parks too? some maps place importance on different land marks. on some the roads are printed large, others the main attractions, some the playing fields and entertainment venues.

on the subway or underground train network:

at the cross over station....
how to get to the next line? here it gets confusing. there are signs hopefully, to guide us, otherwise we are hopelessly lost. there are straight paths but they turn right and left. you realize after several left and right turns you could be facing any direction, all sense of direction is lost. some would say keep turning right, others may say lets go back. where is the sign?

in any developed town, it is important to remember that the supermarket is where everyone has been. if X starts talking off about the school her children go to and Y says she sends her sons to another, you can conclude this is a town where there are young children and community life is centred around families. commuter towns have sprung up and distance to the railway station or bus station is the measure of any property.

CLEARCHARGE