This map strictly focuses on the typical section of Hong Kong - Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
It conveys lots of information:
Roads - Expressway, Main and elevated road, non- motorable road, footpath etc.
Buildings- Built-up area, temporary structures, government offices, fire station, hospital, police station, church, monastery etc.
Topographic & hydrographic features
Other features - Power line, signal station, declared monument, park, woodland etc.
Because of this excess informations, this map seems to be highly detailed, has various colors, lines and shapes. However, although it is very complex, the designer of this map cleaverly arranged various information.
Sence of Alignment - Since this map carries both chinese language and English translation, the designer arranged Chinese Information on the left and English translation on the right. Placement also lines up along the edges so Alignment is implied.
Mimicry - the designer protrayed certain types of buildings with use of familiar object symbols. For example, designer used red cross symbol to explain the hospital.
Continuous lines/dotted lines - to distinct the various roads and topographic features, designer used law of closure, so the information never overlap each other.
Legibility - The weakest part of this map is the Legibility. The size and spacing was very narrow and small so it was not visually clear.
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