Value of minimap in validation UI

[jonfroehlich]

We have long discussed adding a minimap to the validation UI, which @misaugstad then recently added (thanks @misaugstad); however, now that it's there, I question the value of the information it provides. How does it help with the validation task? Currently, it seems minimally helpful and not worth the tradeoff in pixels (it takes up screen real estate and can cause occlusion problems with seeing a user's label #3582).

I think, in my mind, I was envisioning that the user could see street names and more context about the area they were validating—so perhaps if we zoom out on the minimap a bit it could help.

But as now, it seems minimally useful.... and this is just my first impression/reaction to finally having the minimap available in validation (and I'm surprised by my reaction).