Facilitating map navigation in an online game

A system for facilitating map navigation of an online game, the system comprising

• one or more processors configured to execute computer readable instructions to implement system components, the system components comprising:
• facilitate interaction of a user with a map of a virtual space having a geography by generating a view of the map for presentation to the user, the view presented to the user including a portion of the map that falls within a field of view;
• receive control inputs provided by the user indicating a direction in which the field of view of the map should be moved;
• obtain selection and/or entry of a navigation mode by the user for implementation as a present navigation mode;
• and
• determine a present field of view of the map for the user, the field of view determination component being configured such that:
• while the selected navigation mode is a first navigation mode, in response to reception of a control input from the user indicating the field of view of the map should be moved in a first direction, the field of view of the map is scrolled in the first direction, and
• while the selected navigation mode is a second navigation mode, in response to reception of a control input from the user indicating the field of view of the map should be moved in the first direction, the field of view jumps from the present field of view to a new field of view that encompasses a first map feature of a map feature type associated with the second navigation mode because the first map feature is closer to the present field of view in the first direction than any other map feature of the first map feature type, wherein map features represent features present at geographic locations in the virtual space corresponding to positions of the map features in the map, and wherein the features represented by the map features are observable in the virtual space independent from the map.