“Can you find where we are on the 'map'?” “Sorry: I'm no good at reading 'maps'.”
The success of his first album really 'put him on the map' in the music industry.
a road/street 'map' [=a map showing the roads/streets of an area]
(..) because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid. Aaah! You're off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters. Right! What would you pick to eat first? I think we should decide now. (..)2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl