Dispatch 2005 User Manual
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1. S thep Levels S Boundaries WF Coastal Fire Hazard Zones a Experimental a rep Group E FM Group E W crias Annotations E intest Province E intest Vanderhoot lana natural Features E Point Identification Polygons Roads Trails etc E Special Interest E TweedsmuirEntiako E Quer Group E weather E weather Group Apply 1 8487360 Status Bar 50 53 322 137 34 474 Figure 2 Layout of Dispatch 2005 Dispatch 2005 User Manual 7 Point Id Find Place Launch New Back Forward Measure Pointld Roadname NewMap ATR Lightning Toggle Icon Flags hrppldigkregbipb pl I Zoom il Bearing Map Engines Reload Map decia Hide Show Toggle SFMS LatiLon and Distance PR Legend Legend Figure 3 The toolbar buttons and their names Creating a new Map To create a new map instance in Dispatch 2005 from the File menu select New and then Map You can also create a new instance of a map by clicking on the corresponding icon on the toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Creating a new ATR To create a new ATR select New from the File menu and then click ATR This can also be done by clicking the corresponding icon on the toolbar as shown in Figure 3 When the new ATR form shows up fill out the necessary information and click Save Send on the right side of the window as shown in Figure 4 ATR New 1 Hog pacient Number Requesting Agency Requested By Original Date Last Update Las2. Bar has the main functions of Dispatch The Toolbar contains many of the functions in the menu bar and are shortcuts for the most commonly used functions The Jcon Overlays is a list of all of the objects resources and other data that are tracked in Dispatch 2005 The Map Levels is a list of all the layers that can be displayed on the map The Map Area is the actual map in Dispatch 2005 that displays all of the overlays and map levels that are selected The view of the map can be manipulated by the tools available in the toolbar as well The Status Bar displays the scale of the current map viewed the progress indicator when the map is being downloaded and the coordinates of the position of the mouse in the map area All of these parts will be explained in more depth later on in the manual Default Map Quay Fie Fd sts Took Beenie onto Heb Menu Bar lt gt O9se 2401000020359 on Overlays f i w a g E W Mobile Resources Pe pl 4 i poe S amp Incident w T E em i Wy a HO Air Tanker Request AIN Wh T e ca al hs N oo aT oT AAT VE i WPA initial Phone Report Lightning a amp orrs 2 Lookouts E E weather Stations 1H Helipad Tool Cache Tanker Base Med Evac i Refuse Site Radio Towers e 2 gt e Coast Guard Bases 2 00 2 9 9 VOR Fuel Cache A Hazard Locations Airstrip Unit Crews Q Landmarks 0 a Fire Warden Airports DAFIF
3. acknowledged yet By default beeping is turned on for all regions for both ATRs and IPRs This can be changed by de selecting Everywhere under the ATR or IPR section from the Beeping menu To hear beeping from certain regions only pick the desired region s from either the ATR or IPR section Icon Overlays and Map Levels Icon Overlays can be turned on and off individually To turn on or off an overlay click on the coloured circle or the name of the overlay If the color is green it is turned on If the color is yellow not all of the overlays for that category are turned on Finally if the color is red then the overlay is turned off In order to ensure the overlays are turned on expand the category by clicking on the plus on the left until there are no more pluses in that category Then turn on or off each overlay individually and instantly icons will appear or disappear on the map If only the top most item in the overlay tree is clicked to turn on or off the overlay then none of the overlays below in that category could be turned on The Map Levels are very similar in control to the Icon Overlays The only difference is after a change is made in the Map Levels the Apply button is needed to be clicked in order for the changes to take affect Dispatch 2005 User Manual 17 Glossary PISYS the abbreviation for Protection Information Systems ATR the abbreviation for Air Tanker Request Dispatchers make these requests to send out
4. in the field below as displayed in Figure 9 3 Find Place Roadname Joe Placenames gt Top 25 4 matches for places named Set Lat Lon Placename Latitude Longitude a gt 06 y Update Map Clear Form Roadnames Top 25 matches within 100 km where road name starts with Road name Figure 9 The Find Place Roadname window Lists To view a complete list of a certain item in Dispatch 2005 select an icon from the Lists menu A window will appear with a table containing a complete list of all of the information related to every item in that list To search in the list click the Search button on the right A window will appear as shown in Figure 10 In the Search For drop down box pick a field from the table and in either the Exact Phrase OR the Containing the Phrase field enter in the text to search for in the Dispatch 2005 User Manual 16 specified field in the table and click Search Results will be displayed in the List window that fit the search criteria To view all of the items in the list again click the Refresh List button on the right side of the window To search within the results click the Search button again and perform the search again amp ie Search For 1 Exact Phrase or Search 2 Containing the Phrase Figure 10 The search window Beeping As a notification to the users there are beeping noises that are sounded when an ATR or IPR have not been
5. point to another point just move the mouse to the new point and click the left mouse button once To draw curved lines press the Alt button on the keyboard and click the hold the left mouse button Then navigate with the mouse button on the map to measure a curved line To erase the measurements on the map click the right mouse button and all measurements will be cleared Lat Lon Selector The lat lon selector is only enabled for certain tools in Dispatch 2005 for example selecting the coordinates of a destination for the Bearing Distance tool To use this tool select Lat Lon Selector from the Tools menu or the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as Dispatch 2005 User Manual 12 shown in Figure 3 and pick the location This location can be a mobile resource by clicking on the icon on the map or any other location by clicking anywhere on the map Point Id The point id tool is used for retrieving information on a given location on the map To use the point id tool select Point Id from the Tools menu or click on the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Click on a place on the map and a window will come up similar to the one shown in Figure 6 This window displays the latitude and longitude of the location as well as the region and district that the location is in It also includes the hourly and daily weather from the closest weather station If the location is in an aboriginal reserve or park then it will show w
6. Air tankers to fires IPR the abbreviation for Initial Phone Report The 1 800 centre creates these reports from phone calls Webtracker web based application used by Ministry of Forests Protection program staff province wide to identify view and monitor various types of geographically referenced data Orthophoto a completely rectified copy of an original photograph All variations in scale and displacements due to relief have been eliminated hence the name ortho correct photography Orthorphoto and orthophoto map are synonymous an orthophoto is very simply a photo map Mobile Resource any resource from air tankers to forestry trucks that have tracking devices in the resource that are tracked in Dispatch 2005 Incident when a fire is reported an incident number is assigned to the fire SFMS Legend the legend that displays Spatial Fire Management System data
7. Dispatch 2005 User Manual 1 Dispatch 2005 User Manual Build 1001 A Cc50015 a S C55G Dispatch 2005 User Manual 2 Table of Contents Dispateh 200 iii canada a ei Didi 1 Us r IVI canta all A e o cata cdecesss couseccssantostecunse te cebstehecdtuutoaceidentidindsincctsdubsccieaeacsnneenteds 1 AA A uosuesnaceaasvenseussbodes 1 Tableof COMES ic ceasnnocesancscesesusvecroaicostoascescaoanadcoaadeadecsensesnanauaseacigusenspasonsed 2 List of TD UTE a 3 OPV OL VIEW A O sasssanvevestedeas suas dhesoauved E 4 OA EA LEA A EA A E ida 4 o A essea teansa eeoa OS 5 A E 5 Rima Dispatch 2005 A N E E A A ees 5 Using Dispatch 2005 iss ciecssdsevadssiscvecssvected cs seatdcesdssscdasasveeeanestdcsisavddensenisdesssisseasersbsacstentissdess 6 Eayo t OMS Pate 200 mesae i tues ecanesnseti RE IAN 6 Creatine aie Wap ii otis ete ate A adel aes 7 Creating a new ATR sc sdss cessivsrecidssnteettaacnpahaasa E A AEE A AEE E AEN e a aiaa serii 7 Creatina anew LPR 5 iii 8 SAVING A NAD csssasevavedsaciaastaa coanscdede sevens tense AEE sansa R E EAS EEE 9 LAICO a AAI sno bs costa a nos eee 9 Deletinera Map La ets del pie eh ales ewes dead nee ioe alate tds 9 Printing a Marin A AA Aaa 9 Closing ad PAM idas 9 Map Engine AAA NE Tn BL aa ea ee ee 9 Relgad M pne diodos Bee 10 Back A a E E ae desea A E 10 Toggle Legend Visibilidad 10 Ln e e 10 a a ee 10 PM 11 DA a da tdi Les dde lo o el lo ccucttaces 11 Measure a o a R lecte ces E seas gassber
8. e Fighting the Fire i m a Rate of Spread Values Threatened 7 pinterface 7 New ATR B Comment History 0 Loc Info Save Send Figure 5 The New IPR window Dispatch 2005 User Manual 9 Saving a Map To save a map and all of the overlays and map levels preferences as well as the current zoom and map position select Save Map As Then enter in a name for the map to be called and if desired check Load on Startup and click OK Launching a Map To open a previously saved map from the File menu select Launch Map and click the desired map to load Deleting a Map The steps in deleting a map are very similar to launching a map From the File menu select Delete Map and click the desired map to delete Printing a Map To print a map position the map in the Map Area to print and then select Print Map from the File menu Closing and Exiting To close the current map select Close from the File menu This will close only the current instance of the map To close all the open maps and exit Dispatch 2005 select Exit from the File menu Map Engine There are three different map engines in Dispatch 2005 The default engine is called WebTracker and includes the original maps from WebTracker The second one is Fire View This engine uses satellite images and orthophotos The third engine is the NASA World coverage satellite imagery which uses satellite images o
9. hich reserve or park it is in to perform a point id query right click on a location on the map and select the table and field to get results from the specified location Y Point Id Qu Location Latitude 51 22 595 Longitude 122 45 492 Region Cariboo District Williams Lake Hourly Weather Daily Weather Station 222 GASPARD BUI 28 5 Day Hour Temp RH Wind PPT FFMC ISI PAM 24 lg ss laso lesn loo 217 loo o00 24 los 101 leso lo7w loo 202 loo lo 00 24 loz fs s30 92w loo has loo looo 24 los 61 ooo 99nw oo 18 5 loo jooo Aboriginal Reserve Band Reserve Park Map Sheet 0920037 Bec Label MS xv Fuel Type C 4 Class C 4 Figure 6 The Point Id window displays weather conditions location and other information about a specific location on the map Dispatch 2005 User Manual 13 Bearing Distance The bearing and distance tool is used for determining the distance from specified resources to a specified resource To use this tool select Bearing Distance from the Tools menu or the corresponding icon in the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 A window will show up similar to the one shown in Figure 7 Pick an icon type to measure the distance from on the left of the window If the icon type is not in the list click the Customize button and select the mobile resources from the icon overlays list Then using the Set Lat Lon tool that is automatically selected pick a de
10. is used province wide by Protection staff It is used to view monitor and manage information and resources that are used for fighting forest fires This manual explains the features and tools of Dispatch 2005 It also illustrates how to use these tools and why they would be used Dispatch 2005 User Manual Getting Started Requirements In order to run Dispatch 2005 the following are required e High speed internet connection e Java 2 Runtime Environment version 1 4 e An internet browser e 512MB of RAM recommended e 800 x 600 resolution or greater recommended Running Dispatch 2005 Dispatch 2005 can be accessed via the Protection internal webpage by clicking the Interactive Maps link under the PISYS section From there by clicking on the Dispatch 2005 link on the left a file will be automatically downloaded and run on your computer If it is the first time you have run Dispatch 2005 on that computer you will be prompted to put a shortcut on your desktop that will allow you to start Dispatch 2005 quicker At the login screen as shown in Figure 1 enter your IDIR username and password to log in epale 2005 Login Primary ex Domain IDIR Username Password Figure 1 Logging into Dispatch 2005 Dispatch 2005 User Manual 6 Using Dispatch 2005 Layout of Dispatch 2005 There are six main parts to the Dispatch 2005 window These six parts are illustrated in Figure 2 below The Menu
11. specified all lightning strikes from the start date right up to the current time will be displayed Click the Apply button and all of the lightning strikes within the chosen time frame will appear Y Lightning Range Qui Start i August pq 2005 4 August bq 2005 p Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 g ey ah A AE E AN 5 6 17 18 Il 24 EPS 2 2 2 20 ALE GID 08 24 05 10 26 00 gt Date Range 24 08 2005 10 26 00 NOVY Last 12h Last 24h Figure 8 The Lightning Range window with start date and time and optional end date and time SFMS Legend The SFMS Legend contains a list of different map levels and their corresponding values shown when using the WebTracker map To enable the SFMS Legend pick some map levels as described in the Map Levels section of this manual and click the SFMS Legend button as shown in Figure 3 Dispatch 2005 User Manual 15 Find Place Roadname The find place roadname tool is used for finding the name and information of a specific location given the coordinates or vice versa To use this tool select Find Place Roadname from the Find menu or click the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Enter in the known information about the place either the placename or the coordinates using the Set Lat Lon tool Once a placename has been chosen a roadname can be looked up To find a roadname enter in the name
12. stination on the map In the results part of the window a list will appear of all of the icon types and their distances to the selected destination To change the type of measurement select Great Circle Rhumb or Magnetic below the list Bearing and Distance Ja From Icon Type To Destination O Tanker Mobile Resources British Colum Selected Icon O Birddog Mobile Resources British Colun Latitude Active Air Tanker Request XS Tanker Base E Longitude a Results Icon Icon gt Destination Distance nm Destination gt Icon O Great Circle Rhumb Magnetic Figure 7 The Bearing and Distance window Dead Reckoning The dead reckoning tool is used for calculating the current position of a mobile resource When the tool is enabled the calculated current position of a resource is displayed as a small red dot that is attached by a line to the last known position of the resource The Dispatch 2005 User Manual 14 position is calculated from the last known location speed and direction of the mobile resource To enable this tool select Dead Reckoning from the Tools menu Lightning The lightning tool displays both positive and negative lightning strikes that have been reported within the specified time frame To use this tool select the lightning icon as displayed in Figure 3 A window will be displayed as shown in Figure 8 Pick a start date and an end date If no end date is
13. t Ur ai BCFS 3141 21 969 16 00 00 3111211 969 16 00 00 Latitude i Cy A Geographic En E Dog Dog Freq pa Backup nn Elevation Radio Frequency On Site spot 0 0 Hal 0 0 all a E a Active Initial v e x E ja Acknowledge Behaviour Rap Attack Callsign Rap Attack ETA e Current Comments A iv Comment History 0 Loc Info a Save Send Figure 4 The New ATR window Dispatch 2005 User Manual 8 Creating a new IPR Creating a new IPR is similar to creating anew ATR To create a new IPR select New from the File menu and then click IPR This can also be done by clicking the corresponding icon on the toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Fill out the information on the form using the necessary tools on the right side of the window as shown in Figure 5 and click Save Send on the bottom right of the window E New 1 Initial Phone Report nitial Phone Report ID 1 Incident Latitude peaa gt 20 min Entered Caller Set Lat Lon DHOFMAN 24 08 2005 10 27 55 E 4 Phone Information Geographic Update Map EME Relative Location Directions To the Fire and Other Comments Fuel What is the Fire Burning Smoke Colour Cancel IPR Trees Brush Grass C white C Grey C Black C Blue C Unknown C Slash Other C Brown rFire Size pls Anyon
14. to bring up the detailed information To see a preview of some of the information just rest the cursor over the icon s flag and a box will appear with the information in it Dispatch 2005 User Manual 11 Pan The pan tool is used for navigating around the map area This tool moves the map around in the current zoom to view other parts of the map To use the pan tool click Pan from the Tools menu or the corresponding icon as shown in Figure 3 When selected click and hold a place in the map area and drag the map around to change position Zoom The zoom tool is used to view a more detailed area on the map To use the zoom tool select Zoom from the Tools menu or click on the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 To zoom in use the left mouse button to click on in the map area or scroll up with the scroll wheel To zoom out use the right mouse button to click on the map area or scroll down To zoom to a certain region or to view the entire province in the map area select the desired region from the Zoom To menu Measure The measure tool is used for determining distance on the map To use the measure tool select Measure from the Tools menu or click on the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 To measure the distance between two objects click and hold the left mouse button starting at one object and move the mouse to the other object and release the mouse button To continue the line from the last
15. uena E a 11 Lat Lon Selector ns ais 11 PP E O 12 Bearing amp SAC A A E E ee 13 Dead RECO OS 13 E A O NOT as ited a era aeRO 14 SEMS Lee Seni ns la 14 Find Place R OAC AINE tii 15 ASUS sarge ntc ge eae es 15 RN 16 Teon Overlays and Map Levels dais 16 ETELE O O 17 Dispatch 2005 User Manual 3 List of Figures Figure 1 Logging into Dispatch 200 uscinsaataddil 5 Figure 2 Layout of Dispatch 200 aee i a ee 6 Figure 3 The toolbar buttons and their names eesseessesesesessessessresressessrssressersresreeseeseesreesee 7 Figure 4 The New ATR windoW usura lat 7 Figure 5 The New IPR WMAOW ciei eroen a a E a eaaa ne 8 Figure 6 The Point Id window displays weather conditions location and other information about a specific location on the map Ii A da AA id 12 Figure 7 The Bearing and Distance window A a 13 Figure 8 The Lightning Range window with start date and time and optional end date and Figure 9 The Find Place Roadname Window ssseessesssesseseeseseresresseseresressersrerrenseesresreesesee 15 Pipure 10 The search Window esti ds 16 Dispatch 2005 User Manual 4 Overview Dispatch 2005 is a program that was developed by Selkirk Systems for the Ministry of Forests Protection Branch At the time of writing this manual the most recent build is 1001 which was released on August 14 2005 This software is still under development so newer versions are expected in the future This Protection Branch specific software
16. wned by NASA To select a different map engine to use from the Tools menu select Map Engine and choose one of Dispatch 2005 User Manual 10 the map engines in the list These engines can also be selected from the Toolbar by clicking the corresponding icon as shown in Figure 3 Reload Map To reload a map and return to the last previously saved settings click Reload Map from the Tools menu This can also be done by clicking on the corresponding icon on the Toolbar Back and Forward A history is kept of every user s change to the view of the map in Dispatch 2005 To go back in the map history click he back button on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Or to go forward in History click the forward button next to the back button Toggle Legend Visibility To turn off the legend on the left that contains the icon overlays and the map levels click Toggle Legend Visibility from the Tools menu or click the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Toggle Icon Flags To turn off the icon flags for some overlays on the map click Toggle icon flags in the Tools menu or click the corresponding icon on the Toolbar as shown in Figure 3 Select The select tool is used for opening up detailed information on an object that is displayed on the map Some examples are opening up an ATR or IPR form a mobile resource or an incident To use this tool select Select from the Tools menu and then click on an object on the map
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