plates 3-8: Cordillera Administrative Region

Map Critique #3

Makati City, Philippines 

This is a map of Makati city, one of the central business districts in the Philippines.

This is relatively a nice map because it showcased essential details. It has an almost complete labels (streets, establishment, etc. ). But this map doesn't have orientation and legend. And the most disturbing feature of this map is the layer of grids above the main map. Also, the cartographer did not provide a title and a source.

This map must be developed in order to produce a better one.




map source:
http://www.asiatravel.com/makatimap.html

Map Critique #2

 Vicinity map of De La Salle University - Manila

This map is a vicinity map of one of the biggest academic institution or university in the Philippines, the De La Salle University - Manila. DLSU - Manila occupies at least  four hectares lot along Taft, Manila. Along its vicinity are other colleges and universities. And this map was published in the university's website.

This map is a nice map for me because this is a user friendly map. For students who haven't taken any Cartography related course, this map is very easy to interpret. Labels and boundaries are clear.

But like other map makers common mistake, this map must have a scale and legend. Also, this map is like a land use map but the map maker didn't specify the particular land use in the area.


map source:
http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/

Map Critique #1

 Map of Prague - capital of Czech Republic

This map is a map of Prague, Czech Republic. It was published by checkinprague.com to accommodate tourists in Prague. This map has the all important sights that the Prague's city center can offer.

As we all know, a cartographer or a map maker have always biases. And as a student of Cartography, I find this map quite interesting because it is very detailed but it doesn't suit my "taste". The first thing I observed was the color. For a tourist map, the color combination used was unpleasant. Also, the map maker failed to provide the map a scale, legend (which I think very necessary in this map), orientation (again, a very important part of this map because this is a map for tourist or for 1st timer in Prague), source and a title. 

A map must always maintain its simplicity but this map failed to be simple. But despite of this map's weaknesses, it is still a nice map because of its several details that are mere important. 

map source:
http://www.google.com.ph/imglanding?q=map+of+prague&um=1&hl=tl&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=830&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=dwrSymmoHGPRCM:&imgrefurl=http://mappery.com/map-of/Prague-City-Center-Map&imgurl=http://mappery.com/maps/Prague-City-Center-Map.gif&ei=KdVHTZ_xOYrnrAfLjq2TBA&zoom=1&w=1720&h=1720&iact=hc&oei=KdVHTZ_xOYrnrAfLjq2TBA&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=170&tbnw=170&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0