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
4.5 Using PasTrac ______________________________________________________ 66
4.5.1 Auto-Tracking Real-Time Radar Data ________________________________ 66
4.5.2 Auto-Tracking NEXRAD Data ______________________________________ 66
4.6 Identifying Storms with StormScan_____________________________________ 67
4.6.1 Setting Up StormScan _____________________________________________ 68
4.6.2 Using Storm Marquees ____________________________________________ 69
4.6.3 Using the Storm Table _____________________________________________ 70
4.7 Creating Automatic Storm Sequences ___________________________________ 71
4.8 Points to Remember _________________________________________________ 72
5. Using SEQUENCER _____________________________________________________ 73
5.1 Starting SEQUENCER _______________________________________________ 74
5.1.1 Creating a New Sequence __________________________________________ 74
5.1.2 Inserting New Events______________________________________________ 75
5.1.3 Deleting Events from Sequences _____________________________________ 75
5.1.4 Deleting Sequences _______________________________________________ 75
5.1.5 Starting and Playing a Sequence _____________________________________ 75
5.1.6 Exiting SEQUENCER _____________________________________________ 76
5.2 Using SEQUENCER with Zooms and Pans ______________________________ 76
5.2.1 Creating Zooms and Pans __________________________________________ 77
5.2.2 Previewing Your Zoom Event _______________________________________ 77
5.3 Working with Time-Lapse Events ______________________________________ 78
5.3.1 Creating Real-Time Radar Time-Lapses _______________________________ 79
5.3.2 Creating NEXRAD Time-Lapses ____________________________________ 80
5.3.3 Previewing Your Time Lapse _______________________________________ 81
5.3.4 Editing Time-Lapse Frames ________________________________________ 81
5.4 Combining Time-Lapse and Zoom Events _______________________________ 81
5.5 Repainting to a Sequence _____________________________________________ 82
5.6 Adding a Radar Lapse to a Sequence ___________________________________ 82
5.7 Inserting NEXRAD Data in a Sequence _________________________________ 82
5.8 Points to Remember _________________________________________________ 83
6. Controlling Your Radar ___________________________________________________ 85
6.1 Controlling Your Non-Baron Radar ____________________________________ 86
6.2 Controlling Your Baron Radar ________________________________________ 86
6.3 Manipulating NEXRAD Data__________________________________________ 89
6.3.1 Using the NEXRAD Main Panel _____________________________________ 89
6.3.2 Adjusting Shear Marker Settings_____________________________________ 95
6.3.3 Using the Advanced Baron Chart ____________________________________ 96
6.3.4 Customizing Product and Time Marquees______________________________ 97
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