Civil Map Service (side quest idea)
Here's one for you Dm's that want a side quest to help introduce the players to the surrounding areas. The players have just entered a new town which is in a new area they haven't been in. While perusing around the town when a guard come up to them. The guard tells them that the local mapping service is looking to hire some people to update the local maps & asks the party to go their if interested. If the players agree & go their, they will get the old map of the area & are asked to visit some of the local locations to see if anything has changed. If the players do this they can discover what each location does, & where they are. They will also discover one or two places that weren't on the map (which they have to note for the new map). After they do all of that & go back to the Civil Map Service, they will be rewarded a modest amount of gold for there services.