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Comparing my sketch and an overhead image of Harvard Square on Google Maps, I have several major takeaways. First of all, my general conception of proportion is generally good. The size of Cambridge Common relative to the size of Harvard Yard on my…

I feel my memory map of Harvard University (stretching from the athletic facilities to the Quad) is actually fairly accurate as (for the record) I did almost this exact same assignment for a class I took first semester called Primitive Navigation. In…

My sketch is a very geometrically organized sketch of Harvard’s campus, as I thought it would be mentally clearer to represent complex areas and buildings as squares or rectangles. Additionally, my map is focused on and generated through two main…

As a resident of Adams House, which is right next to the yard, without thinking too much about the scale of my drawing, I ended up focusing pretty narrowly on the aspects of Harvard Square that I visit regularly. What was very surprising to me after…

My initial hypothesis going into this exercise was that I would be able to clearly draw the places that I frequent most. Though this proved mostly true, some familiar spaces were difficult to remember and did not make it onto my map. For example,…

Compared to the Google Maps image of Harvard’s campus, I think my depiction of Harvard Yard and the River houses is pretty accurate. I couldn't recall several names of streets, and didn’t accurately capture their curvature. However, I knew the…

My map of Cambridge expectedly captures the area from my unique point of view—specifically from that of a senior undergraduate football playing engineer who lives in a river house. Each of these qualities biases my perception and recall of my…

Looking at Google Map shows me that I have a basic understanding of the layout of Harvard Yard, but my map does not accurately portray Harvard Square and the Quad. I have included almost all of the buildings in Harvard Yard, and they are in the…

My initial reaction upon comparing my map was honestly accuracy -- everything in terms of streets and intersections is mostly accurate between the River Houses and the Science Center, with the exceptions of having 1 fewer street between Mass Ave and…