Personally, I’ve never put much thought in what the process of mapping a large city is like. Last spring break, I had the opportunity to go to New York City, where I stayed at an airbnb by myself. On Monday my friends and I had a discussion of how useful maps are in places like these. Since I had never been in the city by myself  I relied mostly on “Google Maps” to get around. My friends have lived in New York City their whole lives and they have been relying on the mapping system since they were 10. We discussed the impact it has on many people’s lives and how we wouldn’t be able to navigate without it. Then we discussed how other countries, such as El Salvador don’t have this same system. When I visited there at the end of my Senior Year, I went to a small Island right off the cost of El Salvador and I couldn’t find it on a map. When I got there, I realized that the area was very large and a map would be able to help, in terms of finding where most of the community there was living. I realized how much we take advantage of maps and how helpful they are to us, when we do have them.