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
Setting Up Your System
2.10 Manipulating the Automatic Legend
Use the options under the Legend menu to control the automatic legend, shown below.
DISPLAY lets you toggle the automatic legend on and off. When the legend is on, a check
appears next to this option.
RAIN MODES lets you display rain, snow, and mixed weather in the legend.
RESIZABLE BORDER lets you adjust the size of the legend for the best fit on maps. When
selected, a Windows-style resizable frame appears around the legend. Use normal Windows
techniques to resize the legend.
OPTIONS opens the Legend Options menu, which lets
you change the configuration and location of the legend
display. Radar Levels specifies the levels for your
radar products. The legend will not display color bars
for the higher levels that do not apply to your radar. It
can take some trial and error to get the results you want
with this setting, so it will help to test it before using it
in a real-time situation. This option does not affect the
NEXRAD display mode.
The colors on the legend automatically change when you display a different type of radar
product. If you are in velocity mode, the legend says TOWARD on one side and AWAY on the
other; for intensity modes, it says LIGHT on one side and HEAVY on the other.
One interesting thing to note about the automatic legend is that any level with a
color set to transparent in the Baron Chart does not appear in the legend. The other
bars expand to fill the gap. This is possibly a more flexible technique than the
Radar Levels command in the Legend Options menu
.
The legend is actually a separate window, and is always on top of everything else in the display.
You can move the legend to any position on the screen while it is active by left-clicking and
dragging it.
You may want to adjust the legend’s size off air, and then turn off the
RESIZABLE BORDER option before going on air. This prevents you
from accidentally resizing the legend while trying to move it.
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