The Base Maps

All digital maps used in EasyMap are listed in the Control Window Base Maps.

Base maps in LTG file format

The standard maps supplied with EasyMap have the file extension *.LTG. This closed file format can only be opened and used with the programs EasyMap or DistrictManager and not in other geoinformation systems.

More information about LTGs can be found here.

What other map formats can EasyMap use?

• Shapefiles (.shp) - a geodata format originally developed for ESRI's ArcView software.
• Refx2 - Own created area structures from the EasyMap DistrictManager Edition
• raster maps in GeoTiff format
• DMP - the file format from old DistrictManager projects
• DIK - The DIK file format was used in earlier software versions of Lutum+Tappert. For compatibility reasons, EasyMap continues to support this format. When inserting, a DIK map base is dynamically converted to a LTG base map so that the inserted layers behave exactly like layers from LTG base maps.
• Barrier base maps (*.bar.ltg) - further information

Inserting Internet Maps as Background Maps

EasyMap offers you an interface for integrating maps from the Internet, e.g. to load road maps into the map folder for visualization. Learn here how to insert an Internet map.

Change Base Maps

You can update all the digital maps in your map folder. You can also switch layers to a different territorial structure without losing all the settings or having to recreate the analyses.

The procedure for changing base maps is explained here.

map projections

Normally, when working with EasyMap, you do not often come into contact with coordinate systems and projections. EasyMap automatically combines maps of different projections.

If you want to know more about this topic read the chapter Projections and coordinate systems.