It's been fun researching how other have used maps in their art.  One of the artists I found was Leah Evans.

The image on the top page is a copy of one of hers that has been changed by proportional image scaling.  If you go to her website and look at image 10, you can see the original.

I took from her images, the way she had totally simplified the landscape to lines and circles.

The bottom page is my interpretation of where I live.  The green patch at the bottom represents the park, but I don't like it.  That won't be going forward to another piece. 

I am planning to do use this in paper and fabric and see how else this can be developed.