Use the map

I noticed that many young people did not see "Back" (and do not have access to the map of the continents of Atys). :)
In addition, the maximum number of markers has been modified, research and events are new features....
a Patch (in March 2020) added a command, to hide/show landmarks: /showHideUserLandMark (more on Special command).

See in the User Manual, the sections Maps and compas.

Toolbar

From left to right: Back (to navigate in maps), ; zoom + ; zoom - ; center the map (on your position, useful after a big fast zoom) ; ? to search ; Dynamic Event
Below: IG hour and date^[1] ; climatic conditions (important for drilling).

The map

You can open/close the map with m or using the toolbar - not to be confused with the compass or radar (you can retrieve an existing landmark on your map and add it to the compass).

The map (M) has 3 zooms. To change the view, or use the scroll mouse on map, and/or clic on a town to see its map.

Atys global view: to see it, clic on "back". Useful when you need to go in an other continent (using vortex).
Usual view. Here you can organize your flags - flags color change regarding the category (bandits, path, source...).
"Detail" view, for towns (here Pyr). User back to un-zoom

To add to compass a direction: right clic on the compass, you'll see a menu (target, Missions, Mark, animal, team... and a zoom for the compass).

To use target: either after a macro, or after a tar (ex: /tar "harmful ragus"), space bar = in front of you (see all keyboard shortcuts by holding K down)

The map take too much space on your screen (13")?
- use the 4 desktops (very often F3 is "less loaded")
- maintain the Fx key is very usefull, with x=1 to 4 (for ex, to add a 2nd "hand" toolbar)
- category:Starting Out as a lot of nice stuff for beginners. Patch 2020, Patch 2019.. summarize the big changes in the game.
Mektoubs/Gubani and Zig are shown on the map, but not your apartment or GH (add a mark on tour map). More on Mektoub FAQ
Team members appear on the map. Not his friends (F) nor guild or league members.
We see the resurrection points (rez points) only for the active subcontinent (the one where we are).
You can now see the distance by right-clicking on the map.
The landmarks on the map are stored in a landmarks_toonname.xml file, located in a save folder (which is basically under a 0 or 1 folder).
a Patch (in March 2020) added a command, to hide/show landmarks: /showHideUserLandMark (more on Special command).

Landmarks

Backup your files: quit game, and zip your folder save (check the date, to be sure it's the right one ^[2]) :p Your personal landmarks are held in a .xml file - named "landmarks_nameoftoon.xml" in the save folder.

To merge 2 files:

quit the game, then
copy the lines between <interface_config> into target file and
relaunch the game. it will merge duplicate <landmarks continent> lines and remove duplicate markers.

If you want to share landmarks between characters on same computer, then rename landmarks file to shared_landmarks.xml

shared_keys.xml (to share macros with several toons) and shared_interface.icfg exists aswell