The map of the Grandline…what happened to it?

Goldeneye

i haven't seen the straw hat pirates use that map at all….can someone explain? cause me lost

Lieju

I thought the map just showed how to get into the Grand Line…

Ivotas

Yep, Lieju said it already. Besides in a sea like the Grand Line a map doesn´t gain you anything anyways. All you need is the Log Pose. So with showing the way to enter the map already served its purpose.

Lieju

@Ivotas:

Besides in a sea like the Grand Line a map doesn´t gain you anything anyways. All you need is the Log Pose.

But wouldn't it be useful to know what kind of islands are on a certain route? So while the map wouldn't help you to get from one island to another, it could show the islands.

*Meh*

@Lieju:

But wouldn't it be useful to know what kind of islands are on a certain route? So while the map wouldn't help you to get from one island to another, it could show the islands.

It would be very useful to know what islands lay along a certain route. However, without knowing what direction each island is at in relation to the rest, it would be nigh impossible to map them out. The best way to track what islands lay along a particular route would be a carefully written and accurate logbook. Besides Baratie itself, Don Krieg also wanted Zeff to hand over his logbook, if I remember correctly.

Ivotas

@Lieju:

But wouldn't it be useful to know what kind of islands are on a certain route? So while the map wouldn't help you to get from one island to another, it could show the islands.

The question is if that really was such a detailed map. I mean half of the map is covered by Reverse Mountain and the islands didn´t appear to have any form of the places they went to nor does it show the other part of the Red Line. It probably really is just a map that shows how to get there but not what can be expected there. If it would contain that much info Crocus wouldn´t have had to tell the Strawhats that much about how sailing the Grand Line works.

Rai

Really, Ivotas? I remember Nami viewing it with her compass while at the start of the GL. Then that flower dude started his explenation with her compass going mad.
Was that filler?

Setzer

The thing about a map of the Grand Line, is that eventually it would become useless, as the only group that's supposedly made it to the end is Roger's crew.

His navigator may have one, though. Perhaps it was taken by the Government?

GearSecond

The map was just a map of the Grand Line's entrance and about 1/4 of the East Blue.

Impel Down

They shouldn't need a map if they just use the Log Pose.

Janken Jack

True. Every trip in the Grand Line's random.

Impel Down

The only reason for maps is to know what island you're on.

Ramza

what makes a map useful

-able to tell height
-able to tell distance
-able to tell position

a map that cant give u the actual position is useless

Ivotas

@Rai:

Really, Ivotas? I remember Nami viewing it with her compass while at the start of the GL. Then that flower dude started his explenation with her compass going mad.
Was that filler?

Apparently yes, I had to check my 4th Log because the scanslation of that chapter was bad but Nami doesn´t use the map at all. The only thing that lies around at the table are plates with food but no map. And the feather Nami holds in her heads she is using to write in her (probably log)book. So yeah, the map thingie is anime addition.

And even if it wouldn´t be it would make sense for Nami to go by the map until Crocus starts to explain how the Grand Line functions. Its only after that that she knows the map already served its purpose.

GearSecond

Maps are fine and dandy for mapping an island so you know where tihngs are and where you ar ein relation to them.

Who knows what will happen, but in the Grand Line a Log Psoe is all you need. Also, the islands order isn't random, but it does have set paths to latch onto. An island may have 3 paths attached to it.

Rai

@Ivotas:

Apparently yes, I had to check my 4th Log because the scanslation of that chapter was bad but Nami doesn´t use the map at all. The only thing that lies around at the table are plates with food but no map. And the feather Nami holds in her heads she is using to write in her (probably log)book. So yeah, the map thingie is anime addition.

And even if it wouldn´t be it would make sense for Nami to go by the map until Crocus starts to explain how the Grand Line functions. Its only after that that she knows the map already served its purpose.

Oh? Thanks for clearing that up.
So by that, it seems like that map only had the entrance, and not much from that either.
They don't really need a map anyways, they pretty much knew about Little Garden and Alabasta pretty easily.

Thread now served it's purpose, I guess.

Takaho

Well as said its only to get into the Grand Line and besides think about Nami's dream…to create a map of the whole world, it would be kinda pointless to have a dream like that if places like the Grand Line had already been drawn up.

Impel Down

They could have gone beyond a point where they make maps now.