User's Guide

Adjusting Views
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
 Places controls the display of city names. Show turns on and turns off the display of
community names. Normally, the system uses the default settings you established with the
Setup > Map > Places Database command (see section 2.4, Editing the Places Database).
To override the default settings, key in a new level in the Level text box, and click Update.
Click Lock to set the specified priority level for future pans and zooms.
 More is reserved for future enhancements.
 Undo returns all parameters to their previous settings following the last Update command.
While you can select Update after changing each map feature, we designed the
system so that you can change as many mapping parameters as you like and then
click Update one time to effect all of your desired changes.
3.3 Editing Topographical Data
Click on the Topo button under the More Settings panel area to activate the View Topo panel.
While all Millennium systems have actual topographical capability out to a specific distance, you
can supplement displays by using texture maps. If the topographical data is inappropriate for any
reason, the system reverts to a backup, generalized texture bitmap that approximates
topographical features.
Background Bitmap lets you display a single background that is loaded
from a graphic file. Although the display of roads and rivers changes when
zooming or panning the map, the bitmap will not change in perspective.
The background bitmap may also be a customized 640 x 480 pixel-sized
file developed specifically for your weather presentation.
 Enable displays the background graphic supplied by the specified file.
If you do not select Enable, the background is a solid gray.
 Keep on Move lets you keep the bitmap displayed as you zoom or pan
around the map. Select this option unless you want a gray background.
 Filename specifies the bitmap. You can use any bitmap as a
background. It must be 24-bit (full color) file. The mandatory bitmap
size is 640 x 480. The bitmap displays only when the topography is o
of range.
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Topo Data allows you to toggle your real topographical data on and off
with the Enable checkbox. In addition, you can set the range in miles at
which the topographical data will appear with the Min Range and Max
Range textboxes. When zooming in to a very close range, the real
topographical data can cease to appear properly, at which point it would b
a good idea to switch over to the background texture map. You should
experiment at different ranges to find the appropriate range at which to set
this threshold.
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