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
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide - May 2003
Glossary
pan – Changing the center point of a view.
Previous – The View Main panel command that lets you switch back to the preceding view.
product – Radar data that is intended to depict a certain type of weather (such as Reflectivity for
rain).
radius – The distance, measured in miles, from the center point of a view to the top or bottom
edge.
radar levels – Divisions in the color scheme of a radar product that indicate the severity of that
product.
Radar Level Pixel Query Mode – The special mode that lets you see the level of a product at a
specific location by placing the cursor at that location.
real-time radar – A privately owned radar (as opposed to a NEXRAD radar) that obtains data as
it sweeps.
Replay – The option used to replay archived data as a time lapse.
RGB – The Red-Green-Blue values that compose colors. Use the Setup ⇒ Colors command to
specify specific RGB colors to generate a new color for a feature, such as the state boundary.
Round Outlines – The Setup ⇒ Fonts option that gives anti-aliasing to font borders.
SCIT (Storm Cell Information and Tracking)– An arrow produced by StormScan that
identifies specific types of storms.
SEQUENCER – The FasTrac feature used to group many related views together and to display
them in a continuous order for various effects.
Show Range – The range at which individual communities will appear on a view. Use the Setup
⇒ Places Database command to set this parameter for specific communities.
site – The name of a NEXRAD radar at a specific location. Use the NEXRAD Main panel to
select a NEXRAD site.
Snow Machine – The optional module that displays winter weather, such as ice and snow.
squall projection – The storm projection that shows the direction, speed, and shape of an entire
line of storms. Use the Storm ⇒ Add ⇒ Squall command to create a squall projection.
storm marquee – The box that shows the cities in the path of a storm and the estimated time that
the storm will hit those places. This text box is also known as the ETA box.
StormScan – This is used to automatically detect and track the most severe storm cells in a
region.
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