that map just make me..... dizzy...8-)
really there's so many unnecessary things, but i guess it's about tastes so if someone finds it really good, well then he/she should use it.
By the way, old maps are not good, or bad, they are old and people will judge them according to their tastes, I really like the screeny Granas posted, that map looked so much cleaner, even if you try to map a jungle or forest, if the player gets lost just by looking into the map then you're really not very good at mapping.