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Originally Posted by Tzeentch
-- Actual realistic maps? Well, in the West before TL3 you don't even have recognizable maps (unless you count the ancient equivalent of a subway map or Google directions list a 'map'). TL3 maps and early maps in general (e.g. China) are often little more than art pieces that should not provide much (if any) aid in actual wayfinding.
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I think you go a bit far here. Medieval Europe was known for T-O maps, yes, but portolan charts date from the 13th century, and they certainly are useful for wayfinding. Meanwhile, China, being much more advanced in geography than the west, had been using a coordinate grid of lines to make large-area maps for centuries.