[WIP] Looking for feedback on this regional map

[swiss]

From looking at it I couldn't guess the scale of your map. Especially the icons are slightly confusing as they are really big compared to the mountains..

Thanks for the feedback! The way I think about scaling (and I totally made this up just from observing other maps) is there are two kinds of maps, literal and figurative. A literal map would have completely accurate scaling, 1 mountain = 1 mountain, all rivers are shown no matter how small, etc. I experimented with that but found it too challenging with this particular tool and would have to make some sacrifices I didn't want to make. For instance, I want it to cover a large area, say over 500x500 miles. But if I do that I can't really show castles/towns, as they would be relatively too small to see. So I opted for abstract, but after reading your feedback I wonder if I'm thinking about it the wrong way. How would I keep the mountains the same size and still be able to show towns? Or would I just not?