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
2.11.3 Removing Overlays
When you wish to remove a fixed overlay from the screen, follow these steps:
1. Select the Tools-1 > Overlay > Remove Overlay command to open the
Remove Overlay menu.
2. Left-click on the overlay you wish to remove.
3. Press ENTER or click OK to close the menu. The overlay will then
disappear.
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You cannot remove an overlay that you add using the DragDrop
Overlay command until you fix its position by right-clicking it.
2.11.4 Setting Overlays for Data Products
With the Setup > Overlays/Icons > Product Overlays command, you can assign an overlay to
appear whenever you display a data product. Select this command to open the Setup Product
Overlay menu.
The Display product overlays checkbox toggles the
display of overlays for all products.
The pull-down list labeled Product Information lets
you select the data product that you want to associate
with an overlay. When you select a product, the
Product Number area changes to reflect the new
product.
In the list under Overlay Information, select the
overlay you wish to associate with the data product.
In the text box labeled Transparency, select the a
that you want the overlay to move behind other screen
elements (0 is least and 100 is most).
The Upper Left X textbox determines how far to the
right from the upper left corner (in pixels) that the
overlay will appear, while the Upper Left Y textbox
determines how far below the upper left corner (in
pixels) that the overlay will appear.
The Preview Overlay button allows you to look at the
overlay you selected, to ensure that it is the one you want.
Click OK to save your changes and exit the menu, or Cancel to exit without saving changes.
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