World Wind Search and Rescue Prototype Instructions

Panels and Controls

There are four panels in the application:

View Modes

The three view modes allow you to explore tracks in different ways:

Terrain Profile Modes

A 'pulldown' menu in the terrain profile panel determine the terrain cross section position. The yellow line in the graphics window shows the cross section's current position. At all times the terrain profile displays the elevations of the terrain intersected by this line. The "Follow" selection can have the following values:

Terrain Profile Attributes

The terrain profile contains toggle switches to control whether the width and height of the profile graph are to the same scale, whether the graph shows elevations relative to mean sea level or the current minimum elevation along the cross section, and whether the eye point of the view should be indicated in the profile. The eye point can be shown only when the terrain profile mode is Under Object or Under Eye.

The terrain profile graph size can be set to Small, Medium or Large. Anytime, one graph or the other can be either 'minimized' - and becomes an icon, or 'maximized' - it will then fill the whole screen, by clicking on the + and - buttons in the upper right corner of each graph display.

Viewing Controls

Mouse

Keyboard