I don't want to flog a dead horse, but I missed many months (Feb - Oct 2012), so I don't know whether this issue has been raised or not.
In any case, I remember that one of the more popular suggestions some time ago was to give the gate map a control/hotkey. I mean, when Loadouts came out, they got their own key, and keys exist for all sorts of things. How difficult would it be to patch into the next big update? The 'M' key already has a default action (Missions), but the 'G' doesn't. And if this is considered too close to 'F', why not make the default something like 'J' or 'B'? I open it so frequently that it is annoying to think that something like Arsenal, with its own icon, gets a hotkey, while the Gate Map does not.
Had been suggested before, although it still is a good idea.