Somehow I missed your comment here! Yes, that was the idea, anyone using the map is able to just travel around on the map and read awesome stories from all over the world!
I think developer-wise we're good at the moment, but we're always open for suggestions (I haven't studied UI/UX) so that for me so far is a bit of a "how would I like it?"-kind of thing, haha!
I saw the post you added to the map earlier and added it to the Editors Choice map straight away, haha!