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1.3 KiB
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44 lines
1.3 KiB
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## Default Map Scales
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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.
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Default projections and areas available in the menu
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* **N. Hemisphere** (North Polar Stereographic)
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* **Regional** (for the selected localization site)
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* **WFO** (for the selected localization site)
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* **World Mercator**
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* **World CED**
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* **World Mollweide**
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* **Geostationary (GOES East Full Disk)**
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* 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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There is also a **WFO** submenu which contains a map scale for every NWS localization site.
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## New Map Editor / View
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**File > New Map**
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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
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**File > New Projection**
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Create a new map projection.
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