Abstract: A cartographic indicator, usable aboard an aircraft, comprises an analyzer continuously scanning a map representing the overflown terrain in a limited number of colors whose primary components red, green and blue are quantized as to their levels of intensity. In response thereto, a first PROM emits a multibit word identifying each scanned map point in regard to chrominance and luminance, this word being fed to a second PROM where some of its color components may be selectively suppressed by a command from an operator-controlled instruction generator. The resulting word read out from the second PROM is supplied to a third PROM connected to three decoders emitting corresponding control signals to a color CRT for visual display of a replica of the scanned map portions, not necessarily in its original colors. Synthetic video symbols may be superimposed on the displayed map replica with the aid of a mixer which may also be switched to replace the map representation by a radar image.