Innovation Radar Display Heleen ter Pelkwijk

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Innovation Radar DisplayHeleen ter Pelkwijk

• EGOWS 2008
• Application made by
• Ernst de Vreede
• Rijk Oosterhoff
• Floris Ouwendijk
• Project Leader Joop Konings

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This presentation

• The reason for this project
• The user groups
• The system plan
• The result

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The old radar display
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The reason for the project (1)

• New radar hardware and software
• The old BRAS application is top-heavy
• Many different versions of radar display systems
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) works only on PC
  platforms in MSIE
• No development on SVG plug-inn we use
• Extra functionalities are needed
• - Graphic improvements
• - Geographic information

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Not in MWS

• The forecasters use the radar display as a wall
  clock

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Many radar display versions
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The user groups (1)

• Forecasters and intranet users KNMI
• Important is
• stability
• quick in use
• easy to use
• extensive set of maps
• quick delivery of data.

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The user groups (2)

• Extranet users (password)
• - water management
• - disaster management
• - aviation
• - employees of the ministry
• Important is
• limited communication volumes
• easy to use
• little configuration for user
• little dependence of browser and operating
  systems

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The system plan
Data input
Server part
Client part
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The result

• A JAVA application

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The result (different maps)

• Different map options

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The result (geographical options)

• Different geographical options

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The result (products)

• Products we show in the application
• - radar reflection
• - echotop height
• - lightning
• - radar forecast
• - European radar
• - synops
• - derivated products like
• risk for summerhail

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The result (users)

• Easy scroll and pan options
• More players
• Control buttons
• Warnings buttons
• Overlays with different data types

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The result (archive)

• An archive function

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The result (control)

• Control buttons for separate windows
• Save and print options
• Show legend
• Info panel

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The result (info panel)

• The info panel

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The result (drawing)

• Drawing functionalities
• Distance measurement function

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The result (marker)

• Marker options
• - Search
• Coordinate
• Mouse click

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The result (configuration)

• Create and load a personal configuration

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The result (preferences)

• Change your preferences
• Used units
• Used warnings

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The result

• Try it yourself during the demo!

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Questions?

• Thank you for your attention!
• For technical questions
• Developer vreedede_at_knmi.nl
• Project leader konings_at_knmi.nl
• My email pelkwijk_at_knmi.nl