WebScene Help Page
MAP HELP
Using the Map Controls and Settings
With
WebScene, airports are able to provide a website display showing the actual
status of aircraft operations in the sky in real-time, with a slight delay or in
playback mode. A secure private connection allows the airport to view the data
for additional needs specific to the different airport departments.
Map Display: The console initializes with a
delayed real time display of aircraft operations over a map of the local area.
The positions of the aircraft are updated periodically on the map. Information
can be obtained about an aircraft operation by clicking on the corresponding
airplane with the mouse pointer. Information about the selected airplane is displayed
in the information box to the upper right of the map.
Data
Controls: By default, the map displays the
delayed real time position of the operations being tracked by the AirScene
system. This is indicated by the selection of the Real Time View radio button.
In this mode, the operations can be frozen in time with the pause button.
Updates to the display can be resumed by pressing the play button. Selecting
the historic view button enables the user to enter a start time for display of
historic data. Tracks can be displayed in both forward and reverse time
increments.
Map Controls: There are several ways to control the display of the map. The size
of the map can be set by selecting one of three boxes at the bottom left of the
map. The map view can be zoomed in and out with the zoom control at the bottom
center of the map. Clicking on the map while holding down the Ctrl key will
re-center it on that point and zoom in one level. The map can be panned by
selecting one of eight arrows around the perimeter of the map.
Selecting
Aircraft to Reveal Flight Information
Using your
mouse, click on an airplane and its flight information will be displayed in the
box provided. The selected aircraft will
be indicated by a green highlight around the plane. The aircraft information will remain on the
screen until you select another plane.
See address lookup for details on how to open slant range windows.
Obtaining
Flight Information
The information displayed can vary
depending on what information is available to WebScene. Some aircraft will not display information if
they are overflights or military planes.
Others will display Flight Number, Aircraft Type,
Address Lookup
The map can be centered and zoomed
to a specific address by entering completing the address and city fields to the
right of the map. Pressing submit will zoom the map in one level and center the
map around the address.
To look up
an address and see its location on the map, enter the address into the boxes
provided and submit. A red flag icon
will mark the address location on the map.
This location will remain flagged on the map for the remainder of your
viewing.
Displaying
the Slant Range
Once an address
has been located, user can open one or more informational windows showing the
slant range to overflying aircraft. To
do this, the user must hold the Alt key while selecting aircraft.
Controlling
Animated Flight Replay
Choosing
the Replay Date
To select
the date, click on the calendar icon to choose the specific date. Navigating through the months is possible by
clicking on the arrow keys to the left and right of the month and year. The flag to the left will go back in months
and the flag to the right will go forward in months. There may be a few seconds delay while the
data is loading.
Selecting
the Replay Start Second, Minute & Hour
To select the time you wish to
replay, use the arrows provided. The
arrow pointing up will increase the time.
Down will decrease the time.
Selecting
the Replay Direction
There are
also options to play the flight tracks in forward and reverse. Pressing Play will play
the tracks in forward motion and Play Reverse, will
play the tracks in reverse with 3 second lapses in flight tracks.
Pausing
Replay
Pressing the Pause button
will pause the playing of the flight tracks, whether you are viewing tracks in Real
Time or Historical View, or forward or reverse motion.
Selecting
the Replay Speed
While in Historical
View mode, the replay speed can be adjusted. To adjust the speed, use the dropdown box
provided and select 1x, 3x or 10x. 1x
will show real-time replay animation, 3x will show 3 second lapses, and 10x
will show 10 second lapses.
Zoom
There are
ten Zoom levels to choose from to meet your needs. You can zoom in on the map by either holding
down the Ctrl button and clicking on the map, in which each click will center
the map around this point and zoom in one level, or use the zoom bar to zoom in
and out by clicking on the bars.
Map Size
Map Size can be
adjusted to work with your monitor’s settings.
There are three sizes available to best suit your needs and your
monitor’s settings. To adjust the map
size, click on one of the three icons. The
small icon selects the smallest map size available and the largest icon selects
the largest map size available.
Map Source
This is a
customizable feature that is available as an option with WebScene. If this option is enabled at the corresponding
airport, several types of maps are available for viewing. Use the dropdown box to select the map of
choice. Some options may include Street
Map, Topographic, Urban Aerial and BW Aerial.
Noise Monitors: This is an
option with WebScene. If this option is
enabled at the corresponding airport, it allows the user to view the location
of the airport’s noise monitors on the map.
The NMT location will be displayed in gray if there is no noise, green
if the levels are below the set ambient levels, yellow if they are approaching
the event triggering threshold, and yet if they exceed the event threshold.
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Key |
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NMT number; No Noise data is
available. |
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Noise levels at the NMT not
within an alarm state. |
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Noise levels at the NMT are approaching
an event state. |
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Noise levels are in an event
state. |
