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
Setting Up Your System
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
You only need to use the Level mapping area if the palette you are duplicating is a 16-color
palette. In the text boxes, type the number in the 256-color range that you wish each of the 16-
level colors to appear.
The Use reflectivity mapping button automatically assigns reflectivity values and colors to the
target palette.
To assign the new color scheme, click OK. To exit without changing the palette, click Cancel.
2.9 Customizing Font Displays
The Setup > Fonts command lets you customize the font displays
for Places, Storm ETA displays, Storm Marquees, Temporary Text,
Street Names, NexRad products, Pixel Query Point text and Metar
data. All of the menus opened by the Setup > Fonts command
have the same components, which are described in the following
list:
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then be updated.
e Round Outlines
option gives anti-aliasing to the font outlines.
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lor. You may select any color you wish by varying the amounts of red,
green, and blue.
Extrude Direction specifies the direction of your drop shadow.
o save the
changes you made, or click Cancel to discard your changes and close the menu.
The Font pull-down list
lets you choose any font installed in Windows. The
listed fonts are true type fonts that are available in the
\Windows\Fonts directory. You can add new font
delete existing fonts in this directory. The Fon
The Effects area lets you define, in pixels, the size of
the letters, the extrusion or degree of shadowing, and
the width of the outline. The Bold option doubles the
width of the font. The Italic option angles the font
forward. The Anti-Alias option eliminates the blocky
appearance of computer fonts. Th
The Colors area lets you define color values for both the font and the shadow. We suggest
that black outlines have an RGB value of at least 12 - 12 - 12. True black, 0 - 0 - 0, is ofte
the default key co
Preview displays the changes you have made and have not yet saved. Click OK t
When you change fonts, they change only for that time forward. The new fonts
not affect saved views. When changing fonts for Storm Track ETA boxes, you
do
must select Update at the bottom of the storm track panel to enact your changes.
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