MAP MENU Load basemap

Loads a workchart from your disk drive. You will need a previously-saved workchart (which can be saved using the Save Map command).

Advanced users only : This command loads images that are Windows bitmaps (filename *.BMP), and it also expects to load a map attribute file with the same name (*.DMF), which contains data about the image's latitude, longitude, and zoom setting. If this map attribute file is not present, you will get an error. This is why you cannot simply make a BMP satellite photo and load it up as a map, unless you've already saved a map with similar settings in Digital Atmosphere and replaced the map BMP with the satellite BMP.  It is better to use the Map > Import command.