So how do we address this ? I say let′s remove ourselves from the map, personally I want there to be no quest markers at all and that you should not appear magically on the map, the map should just be empty. Looking at how it is in real life if we look at a map we don′t know where we are because we appear magically as an arrow on it but because we know that we are at location X and to reach location Y we must go maybe north, and even in real life most don′t even need a compass, they see location Z with their bare eyes and see that it is to the north of their current location on the map and reach the conclusion of "If I go in the direction of location Z I am going north, and if I go north I will reach location Y", and yes before you point out GPS systems I′d like to point out we don′t have any satellites on orbit around Nirn that I know of and much less functional GPS systems.
I will not rule out "magical maps" seeing how this is a world with magic but I will rule out that it just so happens that you start out in prison with a "magical map" and no one even bothered to take it from you before you were put in.
So do you think we should have a map that is like a real world map and a compass to go with it (heck I don′t even think I′d need a compass but let′s have it anyway) while not having magic markers and magic arrows on our map ?
Let′s not forget it would be pretty immersive to have to actually look at your surrounding and you′d most likely end up absorbing more of the beauty of Skyrim that way and you′d get to know the land better.