Thanks for the comments.
No, I'm not taking your criticisms personally. To each his own, and if you like maps about half the size of the Faerun maps, there is nothing wrong with that.
The reason there are those roads (major trade routes, really), cities, region names and so forth is that the map is a scan of the FR role playing game map, not something really made with a strategy game in mind. The graphics are nice enough on the map, better than on the old 2nd Edition maps, but those had a charm all their own, though. Personally I like the region names and country names being on the graphic itself, because I much dislike the province name filter in Dom2, it is too unaesthetic for my tastes.
I have the Waterdeep and Kara-Tur trail maps, and I would have made the map with
those if there was any way to do it without mangling them beyond all recognition. But you would need one big-*** scanner (as in 1.5 meters by 2.5 meters) for that.
Edi