A mental map deals with how each person views the world around themselves. This could be a drawing of the city a person has in their mind or representation of a concept or idea. These maps have more to do with perceptions and not the physical realities you might find on the ground. This is important to understand because this can help the cartographer understand what a person perceives as important in a map they might designed to get that person from point A to B. I selected a before and after mental map that I thought illustrated the concept very well. A student drew a map or Africa before study and then after. You can see a clear difference between the two illustrations. A teacher seeing this can easily see that South Africa and the Sahara desert are understood, while other areas need work.
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