Change Java map behavior to keep player dot on borders like Bedrock

I recently started playing Minecraft again, wanted to see the new stuff that got added over the years. Set a little base in a village and went on to mine. I had a map in my hand so I didn't feel the need to make a screenshot of the coords because I expected the map to lead me back. Then I found out that the player dot on Java has max range and had to spend an hour to find my village. This doesn't make sense to me at all. In my opinion a map should serve two purposes.

1. Show what the area looks like
2. Where am I, relative to that area.

If the player dot has a max range the second purpose doesn't get fulfilled. I read on Bedrock it doesn't have a max range. So why the difference? What's the point of a map if I still have to write down coords? It's just a picture of the area I can hang up on the wall or walk around in a radius in which I'm already familiar with the area. I kinda wanna understand why the feature was designed like this on Java and hasn't been changed. As someone who hasn't played in a while I don't see a point in having a map on me when going to the mines and that just feels strange to me. In my opinion a map should always be something I want to carry around. Getting lost was so annoying, I considered closing the game and be done with it for a few months because I felt like that I had the tools for that not to happen.