Hurricane History Storm Plot
While
viewing storm plots on a tracking chart, there are several menu options available.
They include:
Close
Window -
Closes this window.
DISPLAY:
Display
Locations -
Displays all of the
locations for the selected location group.
Display
Counties - Displays
the county lines for the US Eastern and Gulf states
Display
Roadways - Displays
the significant roadways for the US East and Gulf coastal states.
This may take several
seconds.
Display
Latitude/ Longitude values -
Displays latitude
and longitude labels along the sides and top of the tracking chart.
Display
Chart Notes - Displays
storm observation information next to the observation points.
If the points are
close together, some chart notes will not plot to prevent overwriting.
Display
Track Color Legend Displays
the color-coded storm track legend.
Stretch
-
Displays the tracking chart in "full screen" mode.
No operations can
be done while in this mode as it is only for viewing.
Clicking the mouse
button will return you from stretch mode.
Annotate
Chart -
Allows the user to add his/her notes to the tracking chart being displayed.
After selecting this
option, you select the point you wish to add comments by pressing the right mouse
button on the screen and then entering the text desired.
When done, click on
"end annotate" on the menu bar.
Print/Export:
Print
Setup Allows
the user to define which printer settings they would like to use.
Color
- Prints
the current image in color.
If you have a B/W
printer, your print driver will convert the colors to gray scale.
Grayscale
-
Prints the current image in gray scale regardless of your printer type.
Export
image to Google Earth
exports Image to Google Earth.
Export
Google Earth KML
Exports all of the displayed tracks to Google Earth using KML.
Save
Image:
Copy
to Clipboard
- Copies the current image to the windows clipboard for pasting into most graphics
applications.
Save
to File
- Saves the current image to a BMP, PCX, TIF or JPG file.
Most all windows graphics
and word processing applications accept BMP files.
Save
fax image to File
- Saves the current image to a BMP, PCX, TIF, or JPG file after automatically modifying
the image to "line art".
All colors are changed
to black, while the Ocean and Land areas are set to white.
Help
- Displays
this help screen.