Site Map Redundant?

[glengara]

I'm building a site using a canonical structure and canonical linking; does this make the need for a site map largely redundant?

[rogerd]

A site map may be redundant if all pages are cross-linked, but for engines that may set depth limits on spidering, having a site map linked from the home page will ensure that any page on the site is no more than two levels deep. My personal inclination would be to keep it.

[glengara]

Thanks for that, if I use sub-domains, should each one have its own site map, or is that over the top?

[agerhart]

I don't think that it is over the top.....but I would keep each sub-domain to it's own. Only have the site-map have links inside the sub-domain.....don't overlap

[paynt]

I agree with agerhart and rogerd. There is no reason not to have a site map.