Band 5+: The map presented delineates the changes occurred in a small town located in the western region of Ireland from 2000 to present day. Overall, the map meticulously illustrates how the various areas of the village are used in the past and present. Primarily, the town is transformed into more developed residential locality with the establishment of new buildings. Moreover, the market facing sea-side is extented with numerous food chains and farmland is modified into a diverse park.

The two map illustrates the transformation of a small village in the west of Ireland between 2002 to the present time.

Overall, it appears that a number of significant modification were undergone to the village of the west of Ireland. These include construction of more houseing, restaurants, and car park and so on.

Turning to the details, one interesting change is that, a new park has been made in the top left corner which used to a farmland. In 2000, there wasn’t any residence area however more accomodations have been build in the west side near to road. Another striking change is that, the dock and market area were knocked out beside there a number of new restaurants have been built. However the shop and hotel remained stable over the period.

Moving to the remaining details, if we look at the housing area it has been stable since 2000 but a now number of houses have been increased. A final interesting development has been the introduction of a car park in the east side of the village.