diff --git a/R/SOcrs.R b/R/SOcrs.R
index 2aa08f1..c551d5c 100644
--- a/R/SOcrs.R
+++ b/R/SOcrs.R
@@ -19,3 +19,15 @@ SOcrs <- function(crs = NULL) {
   if (is.null(crs)) warning("No SOmap.crs.inuse")
   crs
 }
+
+
+SOextent <- function(extent = NULL) {
+  if (!is.null(extent)) {
+    options(SOmap.extent.inuse = extent)
+    return(extent)
+  }
+  extent <- getOption("SOmap.extent.inuse")
+  if (is.null(crs)) warning("No SOmap.extent.inuse")
+  extent
+
+}
diff --git a/R/SOmap.R b/R/SOmap.R
index 6d0a51f..f036b5b 100644
--- a/R/SOmap.R
+++ b/R/SOmap.R
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ print.SOmap <- function(x, ...) {
     #on.exit(par(op))
     ## record current CRS
     SOcrs(x$projection)
+    SOextent(c(-180, 180, -90, x$trim))
     ## iterate through plot_sequence
     plot_all(x)
     invisible(x)
diff --git a/R/SOplot.R b/R/SOplot.R
index 76a35ae..8320fbc 100644
--- a/R/SOplot.R
+++ b/R/SOplot.R
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@
 #' }
 #' @export
 SOplot<-function(x, y = NULL, target = NULL, ..., source = NULL, add=TRUE) {
-    if (is.null(y) && is.data.frame(x) && !inherits(x, c("sf", "Spatial"))) {
+    if (is.null(y) && is.data.frame(x) && !inherits(x, c("sf", "Spatial", "RasterLayer"))) {
         y <- x[[2]]
         x <- x[[1]]
+        ## check extent #98
+        ext <- SOextent()
+
+        if (!all(x >= ext[1] & x <= ext[2])) {
+          message(sprintf('some longitudes outside the existing plot range (? %.3f,%.3f', ext[1], ext[2]))
+        }
+        if (!all(y >= ext[3] & y <= ext[4])) {
+          message(sprintf('some latitudes outside the existing plot range (? %.3f,%.f)', ext[3], ext[4]))
+        }
+
+
     }
+
     SObj <- SOproj(x = x, y = y, target = target, source = source, ...)
     everything <- par(no.readonly = TRUE)
     if (add && (is.matrix(x) || (is.numeric(x) && is.numeric(y)))) {
diff --git a/R/SOproj.R b/R/SOproj.R
index ee50e9d..099c71c 100644
--- a/R/SOproj.R
+++ b/R/SOproj.R
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #' @importFrom sp coordinates<-
 SOproj <- function(x, y = NULL, target = NULL, data, ..., source = NULL) {
     ## wrap in `quietly` to suppress unwanted warnings
+  if (is.null(source)) source <- "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"
     quietly(SOproj_inner(x = x, y = y, target = target, data = data, ..., source = source))
 }
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ SOproj_inner <- function(x, y, target, data, ..., source) {
       source <- "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"
     }
     #browser()
+
     xy0 <- reproj::reproj(cbind(x, y), target = target, source = source)
     out <- data.frame(x = xy0[,1], y = xy0[,2], data = data)
     sp::coordinates(out) <- c("x", "y")
diff --git a/R/new_automap.R b/R/new_automap.R
index 40d35ef..7cec869 100644
--- a/R/new_automap.R
+++ b/R/new_automap.R
@@ -241,6 +241,6 @@ automap_maker <-
     }
     #bathymetry <- raster::trim(bathymetry)
     SOcrs(raster::projection(bathymetry))
-
+    SOextent(c(raster::xmin(src_extent), raster::xmax(src_extent), raster::ymin(src_extent), raster::ymax(src_extent)))
     return(list(target = bathymetry, xy = xy))
   }
diff --git a/inst/examples/new_automap_examples.R b/inst/examples/new_automap_examples.R
index 1829af7..09e56a1 100644
--- a/inst/examples/new_automap_examples.R
+++ b/inst/examples/new_automap_examples.R
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ SOplot(sst, col = palr::sstPal(100))
 #SOplot(sst, col = palr::sstPal(100))
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, target = "laea", centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, target = "merc", centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 
 ramp2 <- grDevices::colorRampPalette(c("#54A3D1","#60B3EB","#78C8F0","#98D1F5","#B5DCFF","#BDE1F0","#CDEBFA","#D6EFFF","#EBFAFF","grey92","grey94","grey96", "white"))
 bluepal <- ramp2(45)
diff --git a/man/SOmap_auto.Rd b/man/SOmap_auto.Rd
index 9820a7b..ea1981d 100644
--- a/man/SOmap_auto.Rd
+++ b/man/SOmap_auto.Rd
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ SOmap_auto(
   centre_lon = NULL,
   centre_lat = NULL,
   target = "stere",
-  dimXY = c(1024, 1024),
-
+  dimXY = c(512, 512),
   bathy = TRUE,
   land = TRUE,
   land_col = "black",
diff --git a/vignettes/many-automap-examples.Rmd b/vignettes/many-automap-examples.Rmd
index eae92e7..1465535 100644
--- a/vignettes/many-automap-examples.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/many-automap-examples.Rmd
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@ SOmap_auto(ice)
 ```{r examples13, eval=FALSE}
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, target = "laea", centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 ```
 
 ```{r examples14, eval = TRUE}
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 ```
 
 ```{r examples15, eval = TRUE}
 
 SOmap_auto(ice, target = "merc", centre_lon = 147, centre_lat = -42)
-SOplot(ice, col = palr::icePal(100))
+SOplot(ice, col = palr::ice_pal(100))
 ```
 
 ```{r examples16, eval = TRUE}