The Marauder's Map & Pettigrew

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 45080

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:
 
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Heidi replied:
> Furthermore, there's no canon proof that the map shows what is going 
> on inside of Hagrid's hut. 

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> If the map doesn't show who is inside Hagrid's hut, then from the 
> time that Scabbers ran away through that June night, there was no 
> way for Harry to see Pettigrew's name on the map. 
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> Heidi 

bboy_mn adds:
I think if we dig deeper, we can find that there are lots of areas
that don't show up on the Map. For example, when Fred & George call
Harry into a classroom to give him the map, Harry doesn't see himself
on the map until he steps out into the hallway.

The Map was made for Mischief Makers, so I think it primarily focuses
an allowing the user to move around the school without being caught.
To do this, they don't need to see the names of hundreds of student in
their dorms and in classrooms. They are primarily interested in, are
the hallways clear and where are the teachers. 

So, I'm guessing the Map has a lot of blank information because that
information would be of no value to the stealthy movements of mischief
makers. For example, do you really need to know who is lurking in the
many broom closets?

Considering how big Hogwarts is, several wings, seven stories tall,
plus several high towers, that's a lot of floor plan to squeeze onto
one piece of paper. I speculate that the map is actually selective in
what it shows, and only show things that would be of significants to
the user at the moment.

It's entirely possible that it doesn't show the inside of the dorms.
Why would you care about someone's location, if the are safe and cozy
in their dorm? Showing the inside of the dorms would be like
information overload. It would be such a tight mish-mash of names that
you couldn't read any of them. Conclusion, even if it does show the
inside of the dorms, you still wouldn't be able to make out
Peter/Wormtail's name, and that's why Fred and George never saw him.

Just some thoughts.

bboy_mn