Just small snippet for anyone who starts the game with default config and later discovers that you can't mark things for deconstruction from map/radar view.
run in console "/c game.player.force.zoom_to_world_deconstruction_planner_enabled=true"
Do it in singleplayer only since it's antigrief protection.
Also thanks for this mod/scenario, I really have fun doing everything indirectly

Thanks for the post Andy, correct you are!

two other methods you can use -
- Modify the whitelist-players.lua file in the libs folder. This is a list of players that are white listed for more uses in map view. Add your friends to games you host that you trust. I'll add a command that enables you to add to this white list. And as you stated - the above command is all this white listing does.
- Even easier - when you start a game - go into mod settings and set "anti-grief" to no.