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Please note that each of the sub-articles related to the map have a theory and commentary section dedicated to that subject. This area is intended to speak to general theories about the origins or purpose of the map itself.

• Near the bottom of the map there is a notation that says Fatalities: 5. This could be a reference to Rousseau's crew, a six-person crew, five of whom died. Kelvin was around at this time, and Radzinsky could have been as well. This would mean that Kelvin or Radzinsky were somehow involved in the crew's death, or at least witnesses to it.
• A strange thing however is, that the notes on the map sound more like planning notes (e.g. "not a suitable place for...not safe place for...") It may be that the map was not (or not entirely) made by previous inhabitants, or is partially derived from another map?
  • Radzinsky had a photographic memory, and the map was his idea in the first place. The map may have been a recreation of one he saw/memorized beforehand.
• The crossed-out hatch in the upper left is the fake hatch that Sayid found. Perhaps it was added to the map and crossed out after the mapmaker found out it led nowhere.
• Some of the station locations on the map have dotted outlines whilst others have unbroken outlines. It seems likely that the dotted outlines are stations the map drawer never visited himself/herself, as only the dotted lined stations have no name whereas stations actually identified like The Flame are fully outlined. This would mean that the map drawer never went to the "?", the 'aborted' station, or the Eastern stations.
  • This could also mean that the emphasis on the "?" in the center could be overstated. Considering the dotted outline, the map drawer may have simply seen the "?" outline in the ground and considered this highly significant. Thus, the center "?" could still be the Pearl station, with its importance compared to other hatches just marginalized by its exterior.
    • The Pearl's importance is probably significantly larger not only because of its exterior but because of its purpose (to watch subjects in the Swan who are in a mind experiment).
  • According to the map there is an unusually high number of DharmaTel relays in that area. Possibly for communication between all the huts and the rest of the island.
• The upper right of the map may actually show the second island, brought closer to the first island in order to fit on the blast door.
• Notice that all the known stations are under the ground. These are displayed as a full line. Maybe above ground stations are those with the dotted line. This might be proven by the fact that the barracks are approximately located near C3 or even is C4.
  • The Flame, which we have seen to be mostly above ground, is drawn with a solid line...
• The nature of some of the notations indicate that they were not painted on with detergent. Notice the circles drawn around the red "I AM HERE." note. These were most likely drawn with a marker or pen, as there would be many more visible breaks if they had been painted on in short strokes.
• The map is upside-down geographically. Ben's maps show the Barracks as being south of the Pearl. As the blast door map is laid out, Locke and Eko would have encountered the Barracks on their way to the Pearl.

Stations on the map

• Swan
• Flame
• Staff
• Orchid (its very likely they knew about it ) They obviously knew about the greenhouse because this is written on the map "Low priority zone for exploration: possible site for ground study of flora, low relevance to Valenzetti-related research activity"
• Arrow
• Tempest (they knew about it because its very dangerous)
• Electricity Station (they knew because there was a station that produced electricity)
• And the Pearl in the center.
• Hydra
• Meteorology station
• A possible manufacturing station?

Bagua Map Theory

When overlaying both a bagua image, and the map seen in Lockedown by arranging the Flame station, with the Fire labeled section of the bagua symbol, many other themes set the same. For instance The Staff Station , is labeled "Mother", the area of the "Swan" is labeled "Family/Past", and also other sections like "Spirtiuality",which lay other the pearl stations area, may be linked to when Locke saw the message on Eko's stick or may be linked to the Temple, and other sections like creativity, carreer, children and future may line up with The Others' Barracks. And finally the Yin-yang sign lines up with the ?, suggesting that the ? may be a place of a mixture of energies, possibly "The Line" in the jungle. As well as all this the bagua map includes compass bearings (North South East and West) and possibly the area which holds the 3 broken lines (☷) may be the way to exit the island, in the same context the station with the white belt on its logo, which strangly looks like a "No entery sign", may mean that that directions isn't the way off the island, this has 3 solid lines on the Bagua map (☰). Notice as well how the west and east directions are inverted much like on The Maxwell Groups, logo. Also in many of the Wizard of Oz books, the East and West positions are inverted; we know that this book is a popular theme in the show, and might have offered inspiration to the writers.

The Bagua Map

The Bagua map overlayed with the Lockedown map