Sorry if this has been asked, but what I wonder is this:

Suppose one common location is my home, and another common location is a former workplace.

In real life, I know how to get from my home to the former work place. But when I make the map, and I don't know if the work place in my dream is to the north of my home or south of my home, does it matter where I place it? Should I just assume it's the same distance and direction from my home in my dream like it is in real life as long as nothing else is specified? Or maybe it's not important?

I hope I'm making sense.

I will definitely try this, 'though. Next time I recall a dream, I will get a large sheet of paper and draw the location in the middle and see what happens.