You'll have such choices several times, sometimes even in stronger form (people's future depends on your decision). So you can do proper role playing, because your choice has an outcome , and results in gains and losses of points of Reputation , which results in people acting more friendly or less friendly towards you.
What do you mean by "when you are on the map" ? Do you mean the Minimap or the Map in the Menu ?
We don't call the "playing field" simply map, we have basically no word for that, because it's simply the world. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> When you are on vacation, travelling around with a map, you don't say when you are in a town "I am on the map", do you ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
So, when you are - as your char - running through the world, you can zoom in and out in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> , but not in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> . Hope that was clear. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />