How exactly do you solve maps?

Deichtine

https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/F70hoSNT

I got some advice on it but well the clues seem weird I drop it in one room and its red.

I move a few rooms north and its nothing, I go back to retrace my steps and its nothing again?

Falaeron

You had already found the location. It is this line:
The ground opens up beneath you but there is nothing there.

Compare it to the "nothing" line:
The glow around the map immediately fades to nothing.

You need to solve each map 3 times to get to the prize at the end.

If I remember correctly, the colours mean something like:
White = same area
Blue = 15-25 rooms away
Green = 10-14 rooms away
Red = 5-9 rooms away
Gold = 1-4 rooms away

Note that blue to gold don't necessarily mean same area, just that you are within range of the location.

Deichtine

Ohh ok so I solve it three times for a prize gotca. Thank for the help