The Cognitive Life of MapsBy: Roberto Casati The mapness of mapshow maps live in interaction with their users, and what this tells us about what they are and how they work. In a sense, maps are temporarily alive for those who design, draw, and use them. They have, for the moment, a cognitive life. To grapple with what this meansto ask how maps can be alive, and what kind of life they haveis to explore the core question of what maps are. And this is what Roberto Casati does in