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
Positive refers to the cloud-to-ground movement of lightning.
Negative refers to the ground-to-cloud movement of lightning.
Hot refers to a strike that occurred less than five minutes previously. *
Warm indicates a strike that hit between five and ten minutes previously. *
Cold refers to a strike that occurred between ten and fifteen minutes previously. *
*The fade times for these attributes are user-definable in the omninet.ini file.
See section 2.7, Adjusting the Color Palette, for instructions on editing these colors.
3.5.9 Displaying Storm Spotter Van data
The Storm Spotter Van feature lets you track the position of, and receive data from, a Baron
Storm Spotter vehicle. The connection between the Storm Spotter Van and FasTrac is made
possible by a cellular telephone that is linked to FasTrac and is available in the van.
Configuring the Van Marquee
Right-click on the Storm Spotter Van hot button or select
Tools-3 > Vehicle Info to open the Van Settings menu.
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Caption contains the words that appear at the top of the Van
Marquee.
Show displays the associated attribute on the marquee.
Lock secures the associated parameter as the stated value. The
value will not change when new data is available.
Latitude and Longitude define the location of the van icon. Select
Lock to keep the icon’s location at the specified coordinates.
Displaying the Van Icon and Marquee
Left-click on the Storm Spotter Van hot button to open the
Vehicle Quick Settings menu. To remove either the icon or
marquee, uncheck the associated option.
Sometimes the Storm Spotter Van icon will not appear even when if Show van icon is
selected. If this occurs, try locking the latitude and longitude on the Van Settings menu.
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