I work as a civil engineer and would be miserable without scroll wheel zoom in CAD. I automatically use it in maps. I assume your concern is that it can scroll

I work as a civil engineer and would be miserable without scroll wheel zoom in CAD. I automatically use it in maps. I assume your concern is that it can scroll the page and the map. If that's the case, then the wheel zoom is not the poor UI, but using it on a page that exceeds the screen length is.