i diddent really like the mini map in gc2 i found it too small to be usefull unless you were playing a small map
one thing that i think would be nice would be the ability to adjust the amount of screen space the mini map takes up( i know in gcII you could minimize it)
what i was hoping was something like adjusting it to 50/50 and having it work like the fully zoomed out wire frame that is currently on gcII and possibly have good multiscreen support so that if you have dual monitors. you could have the minimap show up on your second monitor
EVE did this somewhat well allowing you to launch in windowed mode and then offset your camera this in a sense gave you a full screen on your main monitor and excess space on your second to put up chat logs / information logs and such.