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Do you guys play with no map contacts ??
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Yes I do. I like to map plot without having the target show up on the map (even if the ship icon is only a black dot). I never use the Attack Map since it doesn't allow for using the map tools (protractor, ruler, compass) like the Navigation Map does. I learned to map plot back in my SHIII days, from a guy named Wazoo. He had a technique and a two dial tool that allowed you to figure AoB, target track etc. compared to "true North". This allowed you to figure a good firing solution.
I carried over his technique and made a three dial tool to do the same thing for SH4. The "AoB Calculator" gives you target tract information when you know the targets "relative bearing" compared to your relative bearing to "true North", and an estimate of the targets AoB.
True North compass information is important since that's the only stationary basis of comparision a player has when out on the wide expance of the ocean (no other stationary points of reference exist!). The game uses this same reference point, that's why the ruler protractor has the 360 degrees reversed on the tool (the zero is at the bottom of the dial). It's intended to mark a bearing compared to true North.
As far as eliminating the Attack Map from your view, yes you can do it. You need to eliminate its reference from the keyboard inputs, and remove it from the buttons along the bottom of the screen interface. For me, I just don't go there to use the Attack Map.