Why are maps important? What societal information can be learned from them?

Maps are important for many reasons. One of them being that without maps I wouldn’t know how to get to a majority of the places that I travel to without having to think much about it at this point. Without maps taking public transportation would be extremely confusing or probably would be obsolete altogether, as for all modes of transportation because you can’t do so without some sort of direction. Maps also point out things that most of us would miss en route with our own eyes.  A lot of history can also be learned through maps and their usages. Oftentimes maps add historical landmarks to serves as checkpoints for individuals when they’re driving or when en route in general. They preserve records of the past that may not be physically present anymore, like monuments, or statues, or even old schools. They can even show owned properties and their owners.

Deandra Drysdale