User's Guide

FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
Table of Contents
Table of Contents___________________________________________________________iii
Preface_____________________________________________________________________ vii
1. Overview ________________________________________________________________ 1
1.1 Databases ___________________________________________________________ 1
1.2 File Structure ________________________________________________________ 1
1.3 Protecting Your Data _________________________________________________ 2
1.4 NetRad ____________________________________________________________ 3
1.5 Starting Your FasTrac Millennium ______________________________________ 4
1.6 System Commands Not Meant for Client Use______________________________ 7
1.7 Points to Remember __________________________________________________ 8
2. Setting Up Your System ______________________________________________________ 9
2.1 Setting Up Map Layers _______________________________________________ 10
2.2 Setting Up Display Levels (for clients without .psf mapping data)____________ 10
2.2.1 Editing Display Levels for Roads ____________________________________ 11
2.2.2 Editing Display Levels for Bodies of Water ____________________________ 12
2.2.3 Setting the Enable Range for City Streets ______________________________ 13
2.3 Adding Water-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data) ____________ 13
2.4 Fixing Floods with Anti-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data) ____ 16
2.5 Editing the Places Database ___________________________________________ 16
2.6 Adjusting the Color Palette____________________________________________ 20
2.7 Using the Baron Chart _______________________________________________ 21
2.8 Editing Colors for 256-Color Palettes ___________________________________ 22
2.8.1 Creating Gradients ________________________________________________ 23
2.8.2 Duplicating Palettes _______________________________________________ 23
2.9 Customizing Font Displays ____________________________________________ 24
2.10 Manipulating the Automatic Legend ____________________________________ 25
2.11 Using Overlays ______________________________________________________ 26
2.11.1 Creating new Overlays ____________________________________________ 26
2.11.2 Adding an Overlay to a View _______________________________________ 26
2.11.3 Removing Overlays _______________________________________________ 28
2.11.4 Setting Overlays for Data Products ___________________________________ 28
2.11.5 Setting the FutureScan Product Overlay _______________________________ 29
2.12 Setting Up Icons _____________________________________________________ 29
2.13 Points to Remember _________________________________________________ 31
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