Actual cartography - weak points
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Actual cartography - weak points |
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Any
map without a polar grid acc. to the Munich Orientation Convention will
always be an unnatural orientation tool. The reasons for that are:
A – unfixed
maps
A1
– Chain of angles without relation to cardinal points
Actual
maps oblige a translation of the image information into a chain of right/left/ahead
commands. The memorizing of this information is unfavourable because:
- a “to right” or „to left“ information is not a direction but an ANGLE ! Angles require a basic direction and average people have no option than to use the FUTURE drive or walk direction for this purpose.
Such
basic directions are isolated, that means they have no defined relation to
the globe. If during the journey the drive direction at any point is
different than the memorized one (e. g. because of an accident) the whole
chain will be interrupted. If it’s not possible to reconstruct the
memorized drive direction, the memorized angle can even disturb a rational
thinking and cause an orientation collapse.
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most people aren’t able to memorize long chains and will have to read
the map during the journey, possibly while driving! (see also chapter A3)
- it is absolutely normal to confuse
right and left (also in surgery, see www.volksnav.com/wrongleg).
Because of that, such orientation tools should be avoided.
A2
– imaginary transfer
The user has to place the map it in front of the eyes, that means, the entire map information will always be IN FRONT of the user. The target can possibly be BEHIND.
Experts
ignore that this requires a transfer within the brain which some people
don’t handle perfectly. In a stress or panic situation, also skilled
persons can come to wrong transfers because of that.
A3
– Horizon coincidence map-to-reality
It is a common belief that people, who aren’t able to read a map, are inapt. The truth is: it’s almost impossible to find information about the correct interpretation of maps.
The
reading of a map is a complex procedure that requires the following steps:
1
- First of all it is necessary to find the own location on map. This is
absolutely not trivial.
2
- Then it is needed to transfer by imagination the own body to the
location on map, like if the map would be like a carpet.
3 - Then the user must ROTATE the map (or the image on brain) so that the horizon directions become identical. But how to know in which direction we should turn the map? This is only possible if you are absolutely sure about any reference direction, e. g. the north direction.
This
reveals the importance of a compass. Therefore, experts consider compasses
antiquate.
A4 – Unnatural square grids A, B, C...
Square
grids are tools with no relation to the reality: There is no possibility
to address targets inside of the grids and outside of the extreme lines.
These lines suggest that the world ends there. Until now, cartographers
have been restricted to help finding targets WITHIN the map.
Another deficiency:
users need to build an angle between a basic and a target direction. It’s
very difficult to imagine an angle e. g. between the grids S8 and B3. It’s
necessary to ignore these codes.
A5 – imprinted
images aren’t erasable
Despite of a memorizing of a chain information acc. to A1, it’s not possible to hinder an imprinting of image information.
Let’s
define f12 as the front direction, f3 = right, f6 = behind etc. and
suppose that, according to the map, your target is on direction f2 but you
have first to drive ahead (f12) and then turn to the right (f3).
After
turning to the right, your target will be in front (f12) but on the
imprinted image still on f2. It would be necessary to erase the image but
nature didn’t plan such command. Such discrepancies can cause conflicts
on the brain and be the primary cause of mysterious accidents.
B) vertical fixed maps,
including emergency maps :
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A map should be an image of the reality. If the object of a vertical fixed map lies horizontal, the map won’t be an image of this object anymore, it will be a fake. If
within the map the target seems to be “under” the own position, the
message can’t be that the user has to go underground. To reach this
target, he’ll have to walk horizontally, but in which direction?
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Vertical fixed maps cause less confusion if right-on-map is identical to right-on-reality, but almost nobody cares about that. The invention QuoVides® acc. to www.quovides.com/map solves this problem .
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Comparison between non-natural and natural: Non-natural map: which information should be memorized for the journey?
Natural map: the additional memorizing of the logical target position code minimizes the danger of loss of orientation:
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