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The main difference between my sketch and reality is that my sketch is a lot more grid-like, while the actual layout of Harvard Square has far more curved roads and diagonally-aligned buildings. For example, the engineering and law school portions of…

It’s immediately obvious, looking at my map, that my knowledge of Harvard is very much concentrated on the Square and the Yard and as one gets further towards the periphery of the campus and surrounding area, my knowledge rapidly diminishes. While…

My map is accurate enough that it could help a tourist get around the included parts of town with little trouble. I commute around campus by bicycle and am very familiar with the road network around Harvard, which would likely make it different from…

Compared to the actual map, the relative positions of the buildings and sites I labeled on the map are close to being accurate, but the scales and relative sizes are quite off. The most notable differences are the relative sizes of different blocks,…

Because this is a path that I walk often, the map wasn't too different from online maps. There were, however, some noticeable distortions and some proportions were off as well. However, my map is different in that the positioning of many of the…

Sketching a map of Harvard Square from memory was an interesting exercise. Overall, I was rather surprised by how accurate my map came to be. I started my sketch using the major roads as a framework, and I think that turned out to be very helpful.…

I'm fascinated with the way that I know some details of Harvard Square very well, and other details not at all, even though I walk by them all the time. The shops on Mass Ave. especially, I really struggled to remember the names of. Also, after…

For my sketch, I followed ChengHe’s advice and focused on the areas that are most meaningful to me on campus—these also happen to be the areas that I spend the most time in at Harvard. Most notable, although not central in my sketch, is my home away…

I tried to stay somewhat realistic in my interpretation of the Harvard campus and its surrounding area because my routes are relatively geometric and systematic when I am navigating my way around Harvard Yard and down to the athletic fields. I…

While drawing this map, I realized how little I knew about the specific businesses located in the Square and how difficult it was to draw what I perceived. I tried to draw a map that was more or less to scale with how I saw the area, but I soon…