Well I had finnaly found the Town hall and so I had a glimpse at the town hall map. Its a cool looking map, but I'm sure its a bit out of date. None the less I knew where my 'base' was on the map, so I set off to the north (by the maps direction, 'North' was straight along the town hall).
Soon enough while walking, I came upon a familial sight which was this giant runway.... and then I realised I wasn't going north, I was going west. Secondly, the map was pointing west, not north! So although it is a good map, the map gives no baring to the right direction (north), so it isn't helpful to new people at all.
I have drawn a diagram to show below.