Tentative solution to Marauder's Map problem

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No: HPFGUIDX 16902

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidit at n... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., kel4 at c... wrote:
> > I thought of this potential solution as well, but there is a 
scene 
> > when Harry is coming back from Hogsmeade and checks the map to 
see 
> > where Snape is, and he is "in his office" or something like that 
> and I 
> > don't think it implied he was moving.  But, I don't have the book 
> with 
> > me at the moment and can't check -- anyone?
> > 
> "The tiny dot labeled Severus Snape was now back in its office" P. 
> 277, US edition. 
> And on page 193, again of the US edition, it shows Harry standing 
> next to the humpbacked witch; he's not moving. It also shows him 
> tapping it and saying Dissendium, even though he hasn't done either 
> of those things. 
> 
I thought of both these points. The first is not conclusive - Snape 
could be just entering his office, or moving about there (especially 
if he had just arrived there). 
The second point is not relevant, IMO. It's a different functionality 
of the map - instructing the current marauder on how to proceed. It's 
separate from the show-whether-the-coast-is-clear functionality.


It makes sense that the map would only show people who are moving, 
because that's the information the would-be marauder needs. 


Naama, unshaken as yet.