User's Guide

Setting Up Your System
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
 Show Range – Defines the range, in miles, at which the place will display. For example,
a place with a Show Range parameter of 1 will not display until your view range is one
mile or less.
 Show on maps – Displays the place name on views when it is in range.
 Show on Storm Tracks – Displays the place name on Storm Track ETA displays.
 Original Data – Reserved for future use.
When adding places, do not start them with a number (e.g., 1
st
Street).
The system functions best with all letters in the name, rather than
numbers. Spell out the number if you want to use it.
While your Places database contains thousands of place names, you need not adjust them all. The
program defaults all of its communities to a Show Range of 1, which means that a community
will never appear on a map unless your map range is one mile or less. By default, all
communities appear in storm tracks, which is where community names are most powerful. The
only thing you need to do in the Setup Places operation is to raise the Show Range value for the
appropriate communities in your viewing area, as explained in the following subsection. This
allows communities to appear in your maps when you are creating saved views or when you are
moving around the map in a real-time situation.
Changing the Show Range Parameter
This function is one of the most powerful operations you will perform with your system. This
subsection describes how to easily and efficiently prioritize the places that are already present on
your system. The Places database includes every populated community in range of your radar,
for approximately a 300-mile radius from your location. Use your discretion when you prioritize
the database to meet the needs of your users.
1. Select the Map Pan hot button and click on the major city in your viewing area
to center the map on it.
2. Select Views to activate the View Main panel, key in 250 in the Radius text box, and click
the Update button to show a 250-mile view of the city.
3. Decide which cities you want to appear at this range.
4. Select Setup > Map > Places Database to open the Select State menu, select the state, and
click OK to open the Place List for the selected state.
5. Select a city, and click Edit to open the Edit Place menu.
6. Key in 250 in the Show Range text box, make any other relevant changes, select the Show
on Maps and Show on Storm Tracks options, and click OK.
7. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for each city that you wish to display at the 250-mile range.
8. Click Update on the View Main panel to refresh the map, and verify that the cities you want
appear. You may end up repeating this process several times.
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