1. In a method for a program-controlled display of an electronic map image on a screen of an agricultural machine, which includes the steps of determining the machine location from a position finding system, determining the direction of travel of the machine, accessing map information as a function of the machine location, processing the map information and displaying on the screen a map image of the area of the machine location, the improvement comprising: accessing map information containing data of the land to be traversed, sensing operating parameters of the machine, processing the data as a function of at least one of the operating parameters and automatically selecting the related map image display.