Here! There! Everywhere!

There are times where I am amazed when people don't know how to do something that I know how to do; such as swimming, riding a bike, or reading a map. I think that has something to do with some weird bias that forms when you're growing up. Like, when you were learning, you saw other kids learning, so you thought that everyone must have learned that skill around that age. But in real life, it's perfectly understandable that people didn't have the same opportunity to learn as you did.......

What was I talking about again?

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Ah yes, reading maps!

This is a picture that I took of a directory during a stroll through the Kensington Gardens. I personally like this map more than the directories I find outside of train stations. Mainly because this one is much more colorful than those. 

I love the use of greens and blues to represent the garden fields and water respectively. The orange is a nice contrast to mark the walkway paths, and I can find my way to any number of tube, bus, or bicycle stations in the immediate vicinity. By following the transport markers. All-in-all it's a very eye pleasing design. 

There was one problem I had with it though. I was a north facing map, with is a common feature that you want for when reading maps, but I was looking at it straight on when I was facing south. This forced me to try putting everything I saw around me upside-down and backwards and get my bearings that way. Left was Right, Forward was Back, and my chickens have flown the coo coo's nest!