The map that i got is the map for Transportations and communications in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Before i start i should mention something that is wrong in this map .As you can see in the image on the top right it says Arabian Gulf which is wrong Basically there isnt any gulf with this name on the planet! The right name for that is Persian Gulf even if you google that name will tell you the same thing.(not to mention that im persian lol)
What might be interesting in this map is the fact that because of the fact that in Arabic they write from right to left (totally opposite of English ) The information box is placed in the buttom right of the map. This map uses Highlighting to seperate different elevations in the area. The princle of uniform connectedness is keeping the look of types of the roads and transportation together.The wayfinding in this map is limited to traveling between provinces meaning that it is not giving information about streets and not mentioning any details. Same as any other map the Color blue is used to show seas and basically all the waters.Orientation sensitivity in this map is demonstrated by having darker colors on areas with higher elevations. what i dont find helpful in this map is the fact that the same color blue that has been used to show the seas its been also used to show a level of elevation as well.
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Well done spotting the, most likely, intentional mis-naming. Have a look at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Gulf
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