Map Symbols

Just beyond the factory and mill ran the river that long ago had powered them, and Miles often wondered if these old buildings were razed, would the town that had grown up around them be forced to imagine a future? Perhaps not. Nothing but a chain-link fence had gone up in place of the Rexall, which meant, Miles supposed, that diverting one’s attention from the past was not the same as envisioning and embarking upon a future. —Richard Russo, Empire Falls

seperating nostalgia from future

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_map_symbols
• Aarhus Convention
• Surveyor Marks
• Land surveying