Might a Traveler's Most Accurate Map Be the One They Create Themselves?
Navigation is not only about places. It is also about relevance.
A tourist map highlights landmarks, but a traveler begins marking favorite cafés, reliable transit connections, quiet workspaces, and useful shortcuts.
The hidden mechanism is relevance filtering. Different people need different information from the same environment.
Official maps aim to be broadly useful. Personal maps aim to be specifically useful.
The most accurate map is not always the one with the most information. It is often the one containing the right information for the journey.
