I’ve thought of this thread a few times over the months, as I’ve tried to click-drag the AoE map and it not act the way described above. Subconsciously, it’s what I’ve wanted/expected it to do.
I think it would be great to have this method for moving the map around. So much easier and better, imo, than the current click-drag inertia method in the game.
For demo, see this quick (7 second) video:
If map-moving worked like this and assignable as middle-mouse button or spacebar, I think I’d use it a lot more. I never use the current feature.