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Maps, Views, Projections

Default Maps

The first toolbar menu item is a dropdown menu for different geographic areas and map projections. The efault view is always CONUS, which is a North Polar Steregraphic projection centered on the Continental United States.

Default projections and areas available in the menu

  • N. Hemisphere (North Polar Stereographic)
  • Regional (for the selected localization site)
  • WFO (for the selected localization site)
  • World Mercator
  • World CED
  • World Mollweide
  • and Regional Mercator projections for Africa, Australia/NZ, South America, Europe, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Japan, Pacific Ocean, and the north and south poles.

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New Map / New View

File > New Map

Opens a new map editor tab with the default projection (CONUS Polar Stereographic).

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This can also be done by right-click on any tab and selecting New Editor

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New Projection

File > New Projection

Create a new map projection.

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Saving / Loading Bundles

File > Save Bundle

Save a product display within the AWIPS system, synching the bundle between CAVE and the EDEX server.

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File > Load Bundle

Load a previously-saved bundle from within the AWIPS system.

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File > Delete Bundle

Select and remove a saved bundle.

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File > Load Bundle from Disk

Load a previously-saved display from a path within the file directory of the workstation.

File > Save Bundle to Disk

Save a product display to a path within the file directory of the workstation.

File > Load Map from Disk

Load a map or product display from a path within the file directory of the workstation.

File > Save Map to Disk

Save a map or product display to a path within the file directory of the workstation.

Screenshots

File > Export > Image

which captures a screenshot of the current view

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KML

File > Export > KML

The "Export" submenu also includes a "KML" option, which allows users to save D2D displays or GFE grids in the KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file format. When zipped (compressed), the KML file format forms a KMZ file, which can be used in applications such as Google Earth.

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The KML dialog box includes options to select frames to export. This includes exporting all frames, the current/displayed frame, a range of frames, and, in GFE, the selected time range as highlighted in the Grid Manager. Additional options are available for selection under the "Other Options" section:

  • Export Hidden: When selected, all displayed and hidden products listed in the Product Legend section of the Main Display Pane will be exported.

  • Export Maps: When selected, all enabled maps displayed within the Main Display Pane will be exported.

  • Shade Earth: When selected, a shaded background is applied to the exported product. If loaded in Google Earth, the earth will be overlaid with a black backdrop, and data will be displayed as it would in D2D with a black background.

  • Show Background Tiles: When selected, data (such as plot data) will display on top of black tiles when loaded in Google Earth.

CAVE Import Formats

CAVE supported the following geo-referenced data files. CAVE can import the following through formats through the CAVE -> Import menu.

  1. GIS Data

  2. BCD File

  3. GeoTIFF

  4. LPI File

  5. SPI File

  6. Displays

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CAVE Export Formats

CAVE can export to the following through the CAVE -> Export menu.

  1. KML

  2. Editor Display

  3. Perspective Display

  4. Capture Current Frame

  5. Capture All Frames

  6. Print Screen

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