diff --git a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
index 8f0ced9b..c354a58a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class MapsController < ApplicationController
+    include MapsHelper
 
     before_filter :require_user, only: [:create, :update, :screenshot, :destroy]
 
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ class MapsController < ApplicationController
             redirect_to root_url, notice: "Access denied. That map is private." and return
         end
 
+        log_page_view(@current, params[:id])
+
         respond_to do |format|
             format.html { 
                 @allmappers = @map.contributors
@@ -99,6 +102,8 @@ class MapsController < ApplicationController
             redirect_to root_url, notice: "Access denied. That map is private." and return
         end
 
+        log_page_view(@current, params[:id])
+
         @allmappers = @map.contributors
         @alltopics = @map.topics.delete_if {|t| t.permission == "private" && (!authenticated? || (authenticated? && @current.id != t.user_id)) }
         @allsynapses = @map.synapses.delete_if {|s| s.permission == "private" && (!authenticated? || (authenticated? && @current.id != s.user_id)) }
diff --git a/app/helpers/maps_helper.rb b/app/helpers/maps_helper.rb
index 0c9b3a08..f942d408 100644
--- a/app/helpers/maps_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/maps_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 module MapsHelper
 
+  def log_page_view(user, mapId)
+    if user
+      MapView.find_or_create_by_user_id_and_map_id(user.id, mapId).touch(:updated_at)
+
+      #limit records of map views for this user to ten
+      MapView.where(user_id: user.id).order('updated_at desc').offset(10).destroy_all
+    end
+  end
+
+
   ## this one is for building our custom JSON autocomplete format for typeahead
   def autocomplete_map_array_json(maps)
     temp = []
diff --git a/app/models/map.rb b/app/models/map.rb
index 3bf5a4a6..9c3a133b 100644
--- a/app/models/map.rb
+++ b/app/models/map.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class Map < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   belongs_to :user
+  has_many :map_views
 
   has_many :topicmappings, :class_name => 'Mapping', :conditions => {:category => 'Topic'}
   has_many :synapsemappings, :class_name => 'Mapping', :conditions => {:category => 'Synapse'}
diff --git a/app/models/map_view.rb b/app/models/map_view.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccc29c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/map_view.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class MapView < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :map
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 11062046..36a0e657 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :synapses
   has_many :maps
   has_many :mappings
+  has_many :map_views
 
   before_create :generate_code
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150209013154_create_map_views.rb b/db/migrate/20150209013154_create_map_views.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0bce196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150209013154_create_map_views.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class CreateMapViews < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :map_views do |t|
+      t.references :user
+      t.references :map
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+    add_index :map_views, :user_id
+    add_index :map_views, :map_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index fc6b7335..a16b0831 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20141121204712) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20150209003902) do
 
   create_table "in_metacode_sets", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "metacode_id"
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20141121204712) do
   add_index "in_metacode_sets", ["metacode_id"], :name => "index_in_metacode_sets_on_metacode_id"
   add_index "in_metacode_sets", ["metacode_set_id"], :name => "index_in_metacode_sets_on_metacode_set_id"
 
+  create_table "map_views", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.integer  "map_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
+  end
+
+  add_index "map_views", ["map_id"], :name => "index_map_views_on_map_id"
+  add_index "map_views", ["user_id"], :name => "index_map_views_on_user_id"
+
   create_table "mappings", :force => true do |t|
     t.text     "category"
     t.integer  "xloc"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/map_views.yml b/test/fixtures/map_views.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c63aac0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/map_views.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Read about fixtures at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Fixtures.html
+
+# This model initially had no columns defined.  If you add columns to the
+# model remove the '{}' from the fixture names and add the columns immediately
+# below each fixture, per the syntax in the comments below
+#
+one: {}
+# column: value
+#
+two: {}
+#  column: value
diff --git a/test/unit/map_view_test.rb b/test/unit/map_view_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bbea3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/map_view_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class MapViewTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end