The New York Times has a piece where the author ditched his phone and walked across Switzerland guided only by hand drawn maps from the people he met along the way. I love a nice hand drawn map and this article provides lots of good examples.
These maps illustrate the things that are important to the people making them. For example, the cheesemakers put most of their detail into the house where the cheese is made.
A nice touch is the sign that reads "Wow!! How good is life?"
Here is a nice one with some towns indicated by houses, a lake and some upside down mountains.
Finally, here is one super busy example, complete with footnotes.
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