User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1.Overview
- 2. Setting Up Your System
- 2.1Setting Up Map Layers
- 2.2Setting Up Display Levels (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.3Adding Water-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.4Fixing Floods with Anti-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.5Editing the Places Database
- 2.6Adjusting the Color Palette
- 2.7Using the Baron Chart
- 2.8Editing Colors for 256-Color Palettes
- 2.9Customizing Font Displays
- 2.10Manipulating the Automatic Legend
- 2.11Using Overlays
- 2.12Setting Up Icons
- 2.13Points to Remember
- 3.Adjusting Views
- 3.1Using the View Main Panel
- 3.2Setting Map Parameters
- 3.3Editing Topographical Data
- 3.4Saving and Organizing Views
- 3.5Using the View Options
- 3.5.1Adding Text to a View
- 3.5.2Zooming In and Out From a View
- 3.5.3Pointing to Features on a View
- 3.5.4Panning on a View
- 3.5.5Labeling Streets with Street Spotter
- 3.5.6Controlling Display of Radar Data
- 3.5.7Utilizing TeleTrac
- 3.5.8Displaying Lightning Strikes on a View
- 3.5.9Displaying Storm Spotter( Van data
- 3.5.10Toggling High-Definition Data Processing
- 3.5.11Displaying NEXRAD forecast data
- 3.5.12Displaying Neighborhood Weather Net( Sensor Data
- 3.5.13Zooming to a Specific City
- 3.5.14Adding Fronts and Pressure Markers
- 3.5.15Creating Temporary Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.16Creating Fixed Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.17Displaying Precipitation Type Maps
- 3.5.18Saving the Current View as a Bitmap
- 3.5.19Printing the Current View
- 3.5.20Highlighting Your Spotter Network On-Air
- 3.5.21Displaying National Weather Service Warnings
- 3.5.22Displaying Wind Speed and Direction
- 3.6Points to Remember
- 4.Managing Storm Tracks
- 5.Using SEQUENCER
- 6.Controlling Your Radar
- Glossary
Controlling Your Radar
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
6.3.3 Using the Advanced Baron Chart
Any Advanced BSI Data Products
you may purchase include an
Advanced Baron Chart for NEXRAD
products. You can open the Advance
Baron Chart with the Setup > Data >
Baron Chart command. The
Advanced Baron Chart allows you to
change the default colors of any
NEXRAD products you have. You
may also display the Pixel Que
status messages for NEXRAD
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products.
its own
ectivity product, by default.
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The Reflectivity, Velocity, and
Turbulence palettes are defaults. Use
these options to configure the display for real-time radar data. If a product does not have
palette, the program uses the Refl
Choose the NEXRAD product you want to edit from the pull-down list on top of the menu. The
default level colors appear in the fourth column, along with a table describing their Pixel Query
values.
OK save saves your changes permanently.
OK – No save makes temporary changes that disappear when you reboot.
Cancel returns the palette to original settings.
Add lets you configure a new NEXRAD product by entering a name and the four-letter or
number product code.
Duplicate opens the Duplicate Palette menu, which lets you copy color palettes from one
product to another.
Change lets you edit the cursor products name or product code.
Remove lets you delete the cursor products name or, if the code is standard, the code.
Defaults resets the selections to the default settings.
Gradient lets you quickly use a gradient for level colors.
Rain, Ice, and Snow let you select the precipitation type for the reflectivity column.
Use embedded table indicates that the standard table of level descriptions are used for the
selected products.
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