Interactive map as token instead of background.

Hi all. I have watched and read a great deal about interactive maps for Roll20 where map is background and interactive pins are on the token-layer.  The thing is that even though i would love to have such a map for my Boston-based Trail of Cthulhu campaign,.. I would also very much like to secure the map from not being a distraction during play in that me and the players lean towards theatre of the mind. Are there any workarounds or is there an interactive token map sollution i have not seen yet? As a compromise i was thinking of having the map as a token. The map-image for the token i could update with location pin-points in GIMP and re-upload as a updated map as locations get discovered per session. This way there will be no interactive connection between the location and its handout-entry in the Journal but i think i could have my Location-folder in the Journal work almost as a yellow pages section - with not having the Location handouts linked interactivly to the map but still useful if Location handout picture is provided with an twin avatar easily recognizable on the map.  I have also considered the API for allowing players to switch pages,.. but the command writing the players have to do in order to do so is not simple enough and again seems as a distraction to me.  I would love to have you share your thoughts and ideas on this matter,.. thank you for a great community.

Rune, can you provide a little clarification about why your map is distracting? I have three suggestions, which may not make sense if I am misunderstanding: Consider making your map a multi-sided image. Lots of GMs use this technique to show day/night versions of their map, swapping one for another. But you could have one image-side with your mind-theatre stage placed on top of the map, with the rest softened out with a bokeh effect. Then simply toggle it back when it's map time. As a GM, I have a "Map Markers" folder in my images library that's got things like a group-position token, and an exclamation marker to indicate places of interest, etc. Instead of drawing my map with them, I will drop items from my map kit onto the tabletop when needed. Regardless, I think it would help to create a mind-theatre stage that's designed to your GM style, if you'd like to help players dial in. There are some really cool examples out there. I like to lay everything out for myself ahead of time, so I'd have several mind-theatre Pages prepped for scenarios I intend to play. This is how I organize for play, or I confuse myself. Heh. Here's the mind-theatre I used for a steampunk campaign a few years back, as an example: