# dividing the city

The classic way to divide the actual map part of your paper map, is a zoom-in of the center on one side, and a zoom-out of the area around it on the other. But this is not the only way to do this! You are totally allowed to choose a divide that matches your city. Things you can think about are:

## <sub>THE MAP ON ONE SIDE, THE TEXT ON THE OTHER</sub>

Ghent did this [once](https://use-it.travel/map-image-viewer?imageUrl=https://6ypo9bx5iacsktwu.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/2021_ghent-1GkrSeGFa344EayQy0jS7EyLBTFbtP.jpg\&isActive=false), making the map a kind of poster. They still zoomed in far enough to be able to put enough street names on there, to make sure the map is usable.

## <sub>NORTH / SOUTH / EAST / WEST</sub>

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You can put the north part on one side, and the south part on the other, for example. Or make maps for two sides of a river, like [Warsaw](https://use-it.travel/cities/warsaw) did. This can give you the chance to go into detail and zoom in far enough to show places that are close together.

## <sub>BY THEMATICS</sub>

City by day/city by night, indoors/outdoors, or something else entirely! Like [Lille](https://use-it.travel/cities/lille) did, or [Arnhem](https://use-it.travel/archives-map) in their second map.

## <sub>BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT</sub>

You could connect certain parts of your map to each other by public transport lines. Like [Porto](https://use-it.travel/map-image-viewer?imageUrl=https://6ypo9bx5iacsktwu.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/2017_porto-6uHdVcY8mGLE34Nvp8VtVX7nChBHep.jpg\&isActive=false) did some years ago, and like Rome is doing now!

## <sub>SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR YOUR CITY</sub>

Leuven once [put a map](https://use-it.travel/archives-map) of the center on one side, and a drawing of a specific street with bars on the other. Think of the structure of your city. What can you do with it? What makes it special?&#x20;


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