If you are too far from the location of the map, its icon will turn a square and, if it is too far away, will be smaller, but this does not happen. No matter how far you are from the location of the map, it will always show the player's arrow as if it were close to that location, but it is not
Device: LG K10
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However, this issue is Working as Intended.
As stated in the 1.2.5 changelog, the arrow marker on a map no longer becomes a dot when a player walks out of the map bounds. This allows you to head directly toward a distant target instead of moving in an approximate direction until the marker shift hints at a more precise direction.
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That is intended by the devs. They made it so that the arrow will not change to a dot when far from the location in maps.