Hand-Drawn Maps

“The crucial advantage of the handmade map is that it is designed for a particular person confronting a particular task,” writes Julia Turner. “Even if all computerized route maps eventually learn to mimic the most useful aspects of our homemade creations, we’ll keep drawing maps for one another and for ourselves. We’ll do it because we’ll come up with new things to chart and convey, and because we like to share our spatial understanding of the world.”