Mental Maps and Activity Spaces Blog

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Today in Human Geography we worked to create a proper definition for Mental Maps. Mental Maps are defined as one person's perception of an area in which they often interact with. What we came up with informed us that we may not know nearly as much as we think about the geography of our earth; for instance when we sketched a world map using our mental knowledge. At the bottom of the page. 

The Mental Map we drew was not at all anything to brag about, I attribute this to the lack of detail we store in our mind, rather we just store the general shapes of the continents. As far as continents go, I pondered why the maps we see today haven't been oriented at another angle. 

I wondered why world maps aren't oriented like this:
Answer: Most Orignal Topographers marked specific points in which we used as a universal system to mapping our world. These include the Prime Meridian, the Equator, etc.

In the world of Geography, we call our daily ritual or our Daily Clycical Movements, Activity Spaces. We can correlate this to eventually become familiar with certain areas such as a specific route to and from a location. 

Below is my groups failed attempt at creating a Mental Map of our world. 

Notice: As compared to a World Map based off of data and observations; we can see that certain areas lack the detail and the effort that other more known/studied areas include.

Even with additional research, the vast nooks and crannies of our worlds geographic formation is one that can't be easily remembered. I believe this is especially explained on an article I read (Which I will link) explaining a coastline paradox and how it affects the borders of a country which is vital to Topography. 

That concludes my September 10 Blog Post, see you next time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox < Coastal Paradox Article

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