How to Make a Map
If you must guide guests to a place they haven't visited before, you should know how to draw a basic map. A good map minimizes the number of turns and exits your guests must make and illustrates any verbal instructions you might include with it.
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Instructions
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Orient the map to the north by putting a big N at the top of the page. Think about the context of the map and make signs or drawings to indicate large landmarks, such as a freeway, lake or mall.
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Place the destination in the center of the map. Assuming that your general drawing has taken your guests from wherever they started to the last known landmark, draw the streets that represent the easiest way to reach the destination. Give them a route composed of the least number of turns, or the best marked streets.
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Mark the map with important landmarks such as traffic lights (a rectangle with three circles in it), stop signs (an octagonal), one-way streets, three-way intersections and the like. If they must pass a library on the left, draw a rectangle and put the word library in it. If they turn right at the yellow convenience store, draw a box to indicate that. Use arrows to show direction and name important cross streets. Include a legend to explain the various symbols.
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End the journey in the spot where they will park the car and then draw a line in a colored marker to show them where to walk to reach the final destination.
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Tips & Warnings
Include your phone numbers on the map in case your guests get lost.
