[Snowball]

And don't forget to enable autorun before you look at your map as well.

Actually that can be a quite a pain for me, because the map opens right over the top of everything in the game and you can't see where you are going! *sigh!*
(therefore I can't walk/run while looking at the map at the same time)
Another game I play has a more easier map option where you can open a slightly smaller version of the map just at the side of the screen in one corner and not covering everything up. I think it would be a nice idea if SE made a similar choice with FFXl but it probably won't happen anytime in the future, so I just have to stick with what's already available, even if it isn't perfect.
Anyway, back to the game at hand.......
While taking about 2-3 seconds to make a quick glance at the map every now and again means the possibility of running off course and making a wrong turn somewhere.
For this reason, I always have to stop to look at the map, trying not to take too long over every glance I make.