George Kimble in "Geography in the Middle Ages" wrote "The first medieval maps included only the rectilinear marking out of itineraries (performative indications chiefly concerning pilgrimages), along with the stops one was to make (cities which one was to pass through, spend the night in, pray, etc.) and distances calculated in hours or in days, that is, in terms of the time it would take to cover them on foot." Since we will not do what we are told, between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, the map became more autonomous. There is less Twedledee and Twedledum that gives you options how to operate from one place to another, they "simply" describes the places or dots. You are free to connect the dots HOWever you'd like.
But see, we do not like being free, or to ameliorate it, we turn the narration of spatial disposition to "informed choice". That's how TripAdvisor and Lonely Planet win. They separate narration of making space from the map and give you stories of how to appropriate space, JUST IN CASE you need it.
More on maps: Thongchai Winichakul's "Siam Mapped: A History of the Goe-Body of a Nation", Collin Marshall's podcast: A conversation on ruins, maps, and the struggle for the future form of the city with Geoff Nicholson, author of "The Los Art of Walking", "Bleeding London", "Walking in Ruins", and "The City Under the Skin", and Michel De Certau's "The Practice of Everyday Life".