To change General Settings

Expenditure details allow you to assign project codes and references to the usage costs you incur in Promap. By entering them in to the Project and Reference text boxes here you can set them to appear repeatedly until you need to change them.

This is particularly useful if you are going to spend some time using Promap for one project or site in particular. The settings will not be remembered once you logout of Promap, however.

IMPORTANT: Never put your Username and Password in to the project or reference boxes.

Each organisation that uses Promap has a Promap administrator. The Admin User On option is available to administrator users only. This allows the administrator to change their view of Promap.

When an administrator logs in and saves a map, views the expenditure reports or opens a saved file they will see folders and files for all the users in their organisation. If they are regular users and belong to a large organisation they may want to turn this off so they don’t see other users folders and files while using Promap.

When the box is unticked, the Admin User will view Promap in the same way as a Standard User.

This is a setting that can only be changed by your organisation’s Promap administrator. See To force users to enter expenditure details.

The Address Search dialog box appears automatically when you first login to Promap. It allows you to search for a new site. If you are repeatedly using Promap to view saved maps, you may wish this section to automatically open to one of the tabs from the Open Saved Maps Section. Make your selection from the drop down list that will appear.

When this tick box is ticked, Promap will always check whether you have any saved maps that cover the site you are searching for in the Address Search dialog box.

Promap will remind you to save your map file after you have printed your map. If you no longer wish to be reminded to save your map after printing, untick the box.

Promap will remind you to save your map file after you have exported your data. If you no longer wish to be reminded to save your map after exporting, untick the box.

If you use one particular Colour Scheme frequently, you can select it here and set it as the default. Click the down arrow to open the list of Colour Schemes and select the one you would like to use. See Colours Schemes to learn more about them.

The same applies to Print Layouts. If you'd like to set a default, select it here. See Print layout: logos, headers and footers to learn more about them.

The Promap administrator can force Promap to use a particular colour scheme or print layout. This is particularly useful if you have to include disclaimers on the bottom of every map you produce. See To change usage restrictions. If this is the case, you will not be able to change the settings here.

You can select either colour or black & White as your OS default map display style.  Click the down arrow to display the options and select the one you would like to use.   See Types of map layers available to learn more about the styles.

You can select either colour, colour and trees, black & White, hybrid, or business use as your UKMap default map display style.  Click the down arrow to display the options and select the one you would like to use.   See Types of map layers available to learn more about the styles.

When you are viewing a Detail layer map, you can choose to display a custom grid over your map. You can also set the type and size of grid you require.

Display grid lines: Tick to turn on custom grid lines. If you subsequently turn it off, the other settings are not affected.

Grid line interval (metres): Enter the distance you would like between each grid line i.e. 100m. It can have any value between 50 and 5000 metres inclusive, in increments of 1 metre.

Grid line style: Select line or cross. The style will either be continuous lines or crosses at intersections. Subdivisions only appear on a grid set to line style.

Grid line subdivisions count: If you would like to have subdivisions displayed on your map, enter the amount in the box provided and tick the Turn on grid line subdivisions box. The grid line subdivision count must be between 1 and 10 inclusive. Setting it to 1 is equivalent to turning subdivisions off.

Promap is set to display metric measurements unless you choose to change the setting here.

If you prefer to use imperial measures click the down arrow to the right of Metric and select Imperial

•Measurement options apply to all Street, VML Raster and Detail maps as well as Aerial photography.

•Area measurements below one hectare or one acre appear as square metres or square feet respectively (unless you select hectares/acres as your chosen Unit).

•Length measurements below one kilometre or one mile appear as metres or feet respectively.

•You can force Promap to always provide either acres or hectares for area measurements if you prefer.

•You can also toggle between Imperial and Metric on the Shape Information popup.

If you prefer to have hectares and acres used for area measurement instead of square metres and feet respectively, select the relevent option by clicking the down arrow to expand the choices. Promap will now provide area measurements for sites as hectares or acres only depending on your selection.

When you first view your map on screen you will see a site marker marking your site. Promap does this automatically. You can select the style of the site marker from the Site marker style drop-down list or select None if you don't want Promap to display it at all.

Whichever option you choose will be reflected on any open maps straightaway.