Map Exercise - Diandra

Communications and Tourist Map of Wuxi
When first unfolding the map, I, the viewer had no idea where Wuxi was. After doing some research on the internet, I found out it was a city in the Jiangsu Province of China. Personally, I feel as if this map is visually and aesthetically pleasing, due to its intricate colour coding and delicate minimalist detailing of street names and areas. It also acts as a topographical map as it depicts the altitude and elevation of the mountainous ranges in Wuxi (bottom left). It has a legend in the bottom right hand corner of the map that helps decipher where different municipal government institutions, district government institutions, post offices, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, schools, gas stations, and parking lots are. This is a very simple and easy-to-use map that has lots of information on different gardens, hotels and temples on the back along with more detailed maps of the city itself and its downtown core.

If I ever were in or near Wuxi, I would defiantly use this map.