If you are able to give a passerby directions to the rodent museum, you are using your

If you are able to give a passerby directions to the rodent museum, you are using your "mental map."

Explanation:

This is also known as a "first-person perspective." The person can remember the area by just thinking about a place and the surroundings.

Each person has their own mental maps. This is how we get to places without using GPS or maps. By using your mental map, you know where things  go in your home and at work. When thinking about answering a question about the location of a state, you use your mental mapping to think of where the state is on a map.

Everyone has their own perception of the world and surrounding areas, this is where the mental mapping comes in. This is your perspective of any place you have  been to, read about, or even seen on television. Mental mapping can also be affected by watching a news report about areas where crimes were committed. This will cause you to avoid these places because of the perception that the area is now unfavorable.