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
Adjusting Views
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
9. Click OK when you have made your selections. After a few seconds, a new view at the
specified zoom range will appear, centered either on the intersection or on some point on the
street. The streets will be shown in the colors that you selected for them.
3.5.6 Controlling Display of Radar Data
There are several commands located in the Radar Main Menu that allow you to control the
appearance of live radar data on a view, as well as replay recorded data from past weather
patterns.
The Radar > Radar Levels command opens the Levels menu, which lets
you toggle the real-time radar display levels on and off. For instance, should
you decide not to show radar data for the lowest level of intensity, open the
Levels menu and click the square labeled "1" to remove the selection.
• Drop specific levels deletes the selected radar levels from your real-time
radar.
• Cut off reflectivity levels below DBZ value specified displays only
levels that are above the specified dBZ value. This option is useful for
dropping data from both real-time and NEXRAD radars. It also
automatically removes the dropped colors from the on-screen legend.
The Radar > NEXRAD Levels command works similarly to the Radar >
Radar Levels command except that the command controls the display levels
of your NEXRAD products and is product-specific.
The Radar > Log to File command records real-time radar data to a
log file in the C:\fastrac\Logs\Radar directory. The file then can be
used to display for use in time-lapse sequences. The radar log files
are purged every 24 hours. By default, this command is selected.
The Radar > Play File and Radar > NEXRAD File commands
allow you to display stored real-time radar and NEXRAD radar data,
respectively. These commands are mostly used for troubleshooting.
For real-time data, the system will also ask you to specify the number
of radar sweeps to display, as well as whether to show wind velocity
and intensity data, if applicable.
3.5.7 Utilizing TeleTrac
The TeleTrac feature lets you draw freehand lines on your view with a graphics tablet and pen.
These lines are used mostly to emphasize data currently on the screen.
To begin drawing TeleTrac lines, left click the TeleTrac hot button. The cursor will
change to a marker-like icon and the Cursor Status Menu will indicate with which color
you are drawing. To draw a line, left click on the view where you wish to start the line,
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