What kind of things does this map show us?
Google maps screenshot 5-11-09
This map shows us the streets that run through downtown Ithaca, New York.
The yellow streets are also highways. We can tell that because they are labeled by the number of the highway in an oval.
Other streets are labeled by name.
We also can see the inlet which is blue, and Allen Treman State Park which is green.
The tan area on the map is Cornell University.
Do you see the arrows on the map which tell us that some streets are one-way.