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Storm King's Thunder North Map Question

(possible spoilers ahead) So I got the module and it's great! But I'm looking at the map of the North and... I'd love to let the party see the whole thing in all its glory (and to get a sense of where they are and where they can go) but all of the secret locations - the giants' hideouts, the temple, the Uthgardt mounds, Maelstrom, Imi's Lair - are all marked on the map itself.   I'm wondering how other DMs are handling this? Using the Fog of War? A less detailed map? Just dealing with it? 
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I'm just dealing with it. I generally trust my players not to metagame
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This does not bother me, and I let the Players see it, for the regional map. To me it is part of the narrator's perspective, the overview.  My players haven't gotten far enough in-story yet to know that those are places that even stick out, but I just do not think it will be a problem on our game.   If I decide to hide them I will use Fog Of War or Drawing Tool and simply cover up the names of a few locations. It would still reveal a blackened-spot on the map so they would suspect something is there.
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With Dynamic Lighting, I like the "Candles Against the Darkness" approach that HoneyBadger SkyCaptainXIII uses:&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/2291019/hex-mapp" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/2291019/hex-mapp</a>...
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I found a copy of a very similar map that WOTC released a while ago. It's not exactly the same but is close enough to my eyes and seems to have most of the larger points of interest. I plan to use this to represent a map my players will have, and if a NPC gives them a new location, I'll mark it on the map using a text label or so. <a href="http://media.wizards.com/2015/images/dnd/resources/Sword-Coast-Map_HighRes.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://media.wizards.com/2015/images/dnd/resources/Sword-Coast-Map_HighRes.jpg</a> ( You'll want to cut this map down in size and resolution because it's massive.)
Paul G. said: I found a copy of a very similar map that WOTC released a while ago. It's not exactly the same but is close enough to my eyes and seems to have most of the larger points of interest. I plan to use this to represent a map my players will have, and if a NPC gives them a new location, I'll mark it on the map using a text label or so. <a href="http://media.wizards.com/2015/images/dnd/resources/Sword-Coast-Map_HighRes.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://media.wizards.com/2015/images/dnd/resources/Sword-Coast-Map_HighRes.jpg</a> ( You'll want to cut this map down in size and resolution because it's massive.) Excellent, thanks! I was going to use a map I purchased from the artist a while back but it's zoomed in a bit more than would be good. &nbsp;This one will work great