Hagrid's home on the Maunderer's Map

[Wolf Xavier]

No: HPFGUIDX 154242

houyhnhnm102 <celizwh at ...> wrote:
>> I had assumed the RoR was simply unplottable for magical 
reasons, but the fact that Lupin could not see inside Hagrid's 
hut has been nagging at the back of my mind. I hadn't really 
looked at the missing spaces altogether before. <snip>

Why doesn't the Shrieking Shack show up on the Map though? <snip> <<

Allie:
>> The Shrieking Shack isn't on the Hogwarts grounds. <snip> <<


Wolf:
Do we really know how much of the grounds is covered by the Map?  
I'm not saying it does or does not cover the grounds, or to what 
degree.  It may be that Hagrid's little hut, on the edge of the 
Forbidden Forest, may not be within the Map's area of coverage.  

         
houyhnhnm:
>> What I was wondering is *why* doesn't the Map show places that
are not on the Hogwarts grounds. <snip>

It would appear that extending the Map to include territory outside 
of Hogwarts was something they were unable to do. Why? Was it because
their knowledge of magic was simply not advanced enough? <snip> <<


Wolf:
I think the BIGGEST problem in figuring out of the Map works is that, 
I suspect, JKR only thought it out so far, and the Map, really, is a 
plot device only.  It does what JKR needs it to do and nothing else. 
That is not to say that she just makes stuff up as she goes, but the 
Map serves the need to allow for things to happen that would be tough 
to justify otherwise.  Powerful enough to help Harry get about or spot 
Pettigrew, and keep the story moving, but not SO powerful as to give 
the heroes TOO MUCH info and kill the story from another direction.  
It is fun to deduce how it works, it really is, but I suspect that we 
will never get an explanation so it will remain a contradictory device
that defies any greater detailed explanation than "it's magic".