Actually I didn't. I haven't played FF8 in a long, long time, and never really had interest in the game.
Yes I am comparing the way the PSX world map operates to the way the PC one does. On the PSX distant textures use smaller, less detailed files. Then, once you get close to them the higher resolution ones are used. The PC doesn't do this, it only uses the lower resolution ones.
Whether or not those files are even in the PC version, I don't know. But like I said, if you can find them, you'll make a lot of people happy.