It can certainly use a simple 'mark location' option where you can click on the map, and get a direction to lead you there on your compass. I mean, wth ELSE am I supposed to do with that map? Use it and lose most of my peripheral vision? Even on 'transparent' it's useless.

As for the OP, if you had changed the zoom level on the map at some point, it would save it, and every time you load the map it would go to that zoom level - making the map not display the names, and such stuff.

As for getting OUT of the map? I've been forced to rely on 'start' button - it kills it every time