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C-MAP WeatherView™ 2.0 User`s Manual

1. VISUUISCH I ISOS kand lt Date 30 03 2005 19 00 Wednesday Go Today Seed See eg eee ee ETE didi bP gt gt step f1 Hour v Laad Meteo Parameters Weather Legend Meteo Parameter Area Cont Symb Text Measurement Units va S Pressure in hectoPascals Wind knots kn w ROZ in Celsius 5 130 Label with wind speed and direction in form of spd dir Se n crn T T Precipitation in millimeters kn 10 10 80 10 v Y Heightin meters a Ai v ale Wl LTE 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 68 Y Alarm zone vA Ready In the Meteo Parameter window you can e Turn on off parameters by marking in the left column example Total waves in figure below e Choose presentation modus for each Meteo Parameter o Area Filled contour according to legend o Cont Contoured lines e g isobars for air pressure o Symb Vector parameters e g wind are shown with strength and direction Scalar parameters e g air pressure are shown with a X symbol only o Text Numeric value is shown in each single grid point e g for waves each text box showing wave height m period s and direction deg in addition Area and Cont is turned on Linear interpolation in space and time is used to smoothly display the weather data No special procedure is applied close to land When the parameter names are not cursive like in the above example the Text option will give you non interpolated values in the or
2. is taken from the system ID file located in the file user id in the directory C Program Files C MAPY o To open the weather service you must either have a trial subscription or a customer subscription Online registration of one month demo subscription To activate a free trial subscription after receiving a WeatherView System CD please visit http www c map no marineforecast and register at Free one month demo q Customer subscription You have to subscribe and be registered at C MAP Marine Forecast Please contact C MAP email weather c map no When having a valid subscription you can activate this in the Terminal by clicking Tools gt Dowload subscription Send and Receive by Tools Send amp Receive If not automatically saved bullet turning into a green Exported sign click on current line turning blue and click File Save NOTE if using Folder option please ask weather c map no for further details if needed Last update 27 June 2006 Page 11 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 4 0 The WeatherView Layout When you have installed the WeatherView and the C Map Terminal you are ready to get started First run WeatherView either from the icons on your desktop or from your Windows Start After starting the program the following window will appear Title bar Menu bar Toolbar wu C MAP Wea r View Weather GRIB rot lo
3. Buttons are First step one step Backward Play Stop animation one step Forward and Last step respectively Time step in presentation can be set to 1 3 6 or 12 hours The Time interpolation is used if you choose a time step less then the least time step available in the originating weather data To distinguish interpolated time step from original time step the interpolated parameters will turn cursive in the Meteo Parameters window n E R a istanbul Bogazi Basporus d 42 10 618 N 030 23 042 E f H m Istanbul Ka Waves 3 1m 233 7 35 S a lal Tekirdag 18151218 weather Presentation E Fe Date eric oot ES Friday Go Today a EEE EEE EEE n gt ri step 3 Hours EE OOOO R N 9 T A A R K RIK 0 9 N DOO RIR R E nd E T TR T R K BR R I ST RTS TT R Ta HD 1 7 1 Meteo Parameters Weather Legend Meteo Parameter Area Cont Symb Text Measurement Units he Total waves Pressure a Pressure in hectoPascals 5 1 2730 Total wave height perod and direction in form of hgt per dir Temperature va vV Temperature in Celsius p Teo DEEI Wind vectors v Speed in knots Precipitation w Precipitation in millimeters Swell waves Height in meters v v otal waves B EE EE EEE Height in meters Cloud cover Walie in nercente Ready Last update 27 June 2006 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST
4. Chrl o Clase Save Ctrl 5 Save as Export Print 1 New view Loyd 2 Chart Bookmarks2 0vb 3 Chart Bookmarksiz owd d Chart Bookmarks 1 owd Exit Edit View Insert Format Tools RR Your default E mail program will be run The OVB x i K 7 bookmark will be attached to the auto generated ut Copy Paste Undo Check E Mail From Oceanview user c map staff 13 lt Select a Recipient and send the E Mail To O C E BCC Po Subject Eceanview bookmark 0000 Attach Page 57 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 3 0 Creating Figures The current view chart routes weather overlays cyclones etc can be saved as a figure These figures can either be sent to an e mail address or saved in your com puter 3 1 Save Figure to an E MAIL 1 Select the menu File gt Send gt Image File Sending Image File 2 Choose the file type you want to save JPEG PNG BMF or GIF The JPEG format allows you to select the quality compression of the figure C PNG File 3 WeatherViewTM will add the figure as an attachment to an f GIF File e mail After that you are ready to send it 7 Jpeg Quality OceanView attachment Melding Ren tekst 50 TOU Fil Rediger Vis Setkinn Format Verktey Handlinger Hjelp OK Cancel send M g f i Ey t Y gd Alternativer Li Denne meldingen er ikke sendt Weatherview attachment Legg ved E jpg312 jpq 121 kB Oceanv
5. Great Circle Default settings sets default route parameters These are applied for new legs only Tower B MARINE FORECAST DEVE DEVE AS Show Parameters Charts Cancel Show speed When it is switched on the speed is displayed on the legs Please note that when one of the leg waypoints is outside of the Chart window limits the speed is shown above the visible waypoint Show bearing Like the speed setting when it is switched on the courses are displayed on legs Schedule Named WP only Schedule When it is on only the named waypoints are displayed on the Schedule panel Change settings allows the unification of Common settings for several legs of the route When you reset a setting it will be the same for all legs in an interval defined by WP Waypoints diapason A route is logically divided and consists of three sections Outward Berth to Pilot station Sea passage Pilot station to Pilot station and Inward Pilot station to Berth Select waypoints for outward section for example 1 to 9 set Voyage part Type for them Outward accordingly and chapter VII 4 3 kd o become Rhumb lines The idea is during Maneuvering these parameters are usually completely different to Sea set change all parameters Speed Deviation etc for that Type Press Apply button See also Note only highlighted parameters will be changed On the picture above the legs wil
6. Sea passage Inward or Outward Inward means that the route starts from Pilot station to Berth Outward from the Berth to Pilot station and Sea Passage from Pilot station to Pilot station By default all legs are marked as Sea Passages You can change the value by double clicking on the cell However a more convenient possibility is by using the Change settings dialog box of the Route parameters window see chapter VII 4 2 It is strongly recommended to set this parameter properly in order to get the correct speed ETA and fuel consumption calculation and reflect it in the report In order to change any of the above mentioned parameters except Distances Time and In Port click with the LEFT mouse button in the chosen cell of the table type in desired value and press ENTER By using the keyboard only you can navigate around the table with the ARROW keys and start editing by pressing any key In this way you have an important possibility to type in waypoint positions You may need this if you copy a route from a paper source for example The last row in the table is empty If you start editing any cell in that empty row a new waypoint is added This feature allows you to enter new waypoints without reference to the chart In order to delete a waypoint using the keyboard only press the DELETE key while any cell except LAT LON and Name in the waypoint row is selected Last update 27 June
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8. 2005 11 24 49 1 kB 17 kB 1 tion 21 10 2005 11 24 50 1 kB 30 kB Properties Alt Enter BaaH ECSOkm NEAtlantic al 21 10 2005 11 24 51 2 kB 4376 kB Exit rt 23 10 2005 10 16 07 1kB 13 kB 23 10 2005 10 16 08 1kB 30 kB Exported Weather Data BaaH ECSOkm NEAtiantic all 23 10 2005 10 16 09 2 kB 4370 kB Exported Cyclone Report 23 10 2005 11 01 52 1kB 13 kB Exported Ice concentration 23 10 2005 11 01 53 1 kB 30 kB Exported Weather Data High Sea North Atlantic 10d 12h 23 10 2005 11 01 54 2 kB 506 kB This will start the Weather Order Wizard in customized mode allowing you to specify a detailed request After finishing the download wizard you have to manually make a Send amp Receive After receiving is OK you can export save the downloaded weather data to your preferred destination by selecting File gt Save e g you predefined local disc or a CD To view this data you must upload it in WeatherView by selecting Weather gt Browse for GRIB file If you have defined the communication as E Mail or Folder in C MAP Terminal see Tools gt Option gt Communication you will be given a second option from the menu File gt New gt Scheduled Weather Data see previous figure This will allow you to define a subscription on the server often called Push Option where you can specify to have weather data sent to you either at a fixed time or at every time the weather data are updated For details please refer to
9. 2006 Page 28 WeatherView User s Manual Double click on the waypoint number or by pressing ENTER on the keyboard while that field is selected to center the Chart window on the selected waypoint 3 4 Schedule panel The Schedule panel defines your route schedule Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area Weather Time Series Route planning Waypoints Schedule USA Nomay Total distance 2631 3 nm Total duration 7d 23h 19m Arrival Departure Stop dur Speed Distance Time to next o Save No name 02 04 2005 12 00 689 5 2d 9h Save As No name 04 04 2005 21 28 04 04 2005 21 28 1750 9 4d 13h No name 09 04 2005 10 54 09 04 2005 10 54 196 1 12h 23m o Show T No name 09 04 2005 23 17 09 04 2005 23 17 o 1926 12h 2m Parameters No name 10 04 2005 11 19 i 0 0 Charts Cancel The following parameters are included in the table WP Waypoint number The list of waypoints is taken from the Waypoints table Name The waypoint name gt gt gt Arrival Date and time of arrival from the waypoint gt Departure Date and time of departure from the waypoint gt Stop dur Stop duration at the waypoint It can be applied for waypoints representing pilot stations and ports as in WeatherView a route can include a number of intermediate ports of call gt Speed Estimated speed in knots on the leg from this waypoint to the nex
10. 59 Last update 27 June 2006 Page 3 WeatherView Users Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST 4 0 File locations IndeX wa cecceccncccceccnceneeneenenceneeneeneeeeneenesensenaensenesneneenesnesnesaesesneseessesssas Ol Last update 27 June 2006 Page 4 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST I INTRODUCTION WeatherView is a low cost electronic weather information system utilizing the new Weather Module specified by C MAP Marine Forecast in order to meet the market demand for a marine information system regarding weather and weather related services The main purpose of WeatherView is effective downloading presentation and easy distribution of various types of geo referenced weather information as overlay of global coverage of electronic navigational charts provided by the world wide Electronic Chart Database CM 93 Edition 3 0 from C MAP WeatherView can access the Z and A scale overview charts For detailed chart combined with the Weather Module we recommend OceanView WeatherView is primarily aimed for on board purposes but it also covers the need of organizations and commercial companies involved with the management of the shipping business and marine environment protection Many other potential users such as marine universities navy public libraries research centers should find it useful for their purposes as well WeatherView is a powerful tool for creation and distribution of
11. 7 10 11 12 38 39 40 41 42 Tidal Predictions 00 00 3 36 Timeseries For a Dont 3 46 General sss 3 46 47 48 53 W Weather Download General isciscscicssadexisiions 3 40 41 Grib Eles 3 41 Ice Concentration 3 42 52 Ice Coverage esse 3o Tropical Cyclone 3 42 50 Tropical Cyclone Warnings TOW rerannenrensn 3 50 Weather Forecast cceece ees 38 Z Zoom ZOOM T ai 13 19 Zoom UL 15 19 25 Page 61
12. Il Faeroyene Oslo TM Icl Nornway Rekjavik Troms Cose I ChinaSea Singapore L BlackSea Istanbul EA eA Naway Ready ie l Sa Available routes are the routes registered by WeatherView They are your own created routes with Route Planning see chapters V1 2 0 as well as imported routes Route name Port of departure and Port of destination set in the Add new route window are displayed here With a LEFT mouse click you can select any routes While holding down CTRL key you select all routes you click and with the SHIFT key you select all routes in the list between two last clicked This is a standard feature for many programs and is applied in most WeatherView lists The control buttons are applied for selected route s and they mean the following gt New A new route will be created gt Edit The selected route is loaded and activated You enter the edit mode At the same time chart scale and position are arranged to display the whole route on the screen You can edit only one route at a time gt Rename A Modify route info window appears It looks exactly as the Add new route window The Route Port of departure and Port of destination names may be changed here You can rename only one route at a time Last update 27 June 2006 Page 32 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST Delete The route will be deleted unregistered gt Show The route will be loaded and sho
13. Last update 27 June 2006 Page 22 WeatherView User s Manual Suis You can use any Route Names here but mentioning the departure and destination ports in the e Route Name is advisable The port names you type here will then appear in the 1 Route Planning gt Available routes list 2 Export amp Import routes see chapter V1 4 2 3 Weather Time Series see chapter VII 3 2 When you press the OK button you will observe the following 1 Your route is created and registered in WeatherView All registered routes are shown in the Available routes box of the Route Planning panel If weather is downloaded and some alarms are activated a green and red line will indicate where the alarm thresholds were exceeded or not 2 Your route will be loaded WeatherView always loads a route prior to showing or editing it If a route consists of many waypoints the loading process may take some time In order to l save your time there is possibility to keep routes loaded even when they are not shown hidden The Route monitor panel appears in the upper left E corner of the Chart window when there are any loaded Routes Monitor routes It is designed for easy access of the loaded routes 3 Your route will be activated This means that your route is in the edit mode see next Chapter for enering way points ect 4 Pan Zoom might be done as normal by holding down the lt Cntrl gt key Last update 27 June 2006 Page 23 W
14. a point in the chart a yellow ring will appear 3 Choose the desired parameters and they appear in the graphical window When moving the cursor in this window the actual parameter value will be given together with the legend The actual time from the Weather Presentation panel will be indicated by a Last update 27 June 2006 Page 46 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP pstanbul Bogazt 8og aane 4 os es a f ETE K istanbul D z Tekirdag L 41 59 959 N 029 59 559 E Waves 3 2m 233 ves Weather Presentation Weather Time Series ocaeli Sakarya Rolu Build for L Pressure wes S 75 Point on Chart C Temperature Route Wind vectors 15 248 40 C Precipitation m 0 0 C Swell waves Z 1 225 6 30 M Total waves Z 1 236 5 7 Point on Chart Lat N 4200 013 Lon E 029 59 561 i ie e Wo os ao e We Th ih 2 ae a amp 8 e ih Ww e a amp E Locate Point on Chart Thu 31 03 Fri 01 04 Apply al gt Ready 3 2 Timeseries along route Showing a timeseries along a route 1 In the Weather Time Series panel you chose the Route option Sar C MAP Weather View C Data EC_S Europe grb a File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help a x AIEEE EA EEr N o g O E f E Routes Monitor Razgrad 2 1 3277535 P MN A DAAA K_Y zee Varna B aae o Black Sea Burgas a a E A Kurdzhal
15. scleeted units Extrem points en NO m nobers in selected units H righ L 10w me SEGSRERTRSESSS ZEEE EES i t Page 38 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST The EasyMode toolbar consists of 6 buttons Download 1 d Pressure Download by clicking on this button the user will be directed to a map window From this window the user can select and define the region of interested for the downloading of weather dataset o By clicking on the map the user can move the center position of the map The plus and minus buttons are used for zooming in or out respectively For selecting a new region click on the button New Area After that draw a rectangle around the region of your interest After selecting the region click on the OK button The C MAP Terminal will then download the dataset for you Pressure The pressure dataset is plotted on the map for the region selected Wind The wind dataset is plotted Precipitation The precipitation data is plotted When this button is activated the Waves button is deactivated and vice versa This is because the plotting of waves and precipitation is done through filled contours If both variables would be plotted together it would be difficult to read interpret the results Waves The wave dataset will be plotted Cyclones The cyclone information will be plotted This button is only activated whe
16. separation point is actually under the cursor but just hidden This feature with separation point affects the appearance of this symbol only and does not affect any other measurement functions kd o When you work with several windows and you would like to unify these setting for all windows l switch on the option Tools gt Options gt General gt Apply settings to all Map Windows If e this is not checked then these settings are applied for the active window only 5 2 ERBL Electronic Range Bearing Line tool Select Tools gt ERBL The ERBL is displayed on the screen Choose the ERBL center position and fix it with the RIGHT mouse button After that a range circle anda 4 UY 05 10 913 N 109 04 760 E Rng 391 773 nm Brg to 52 8 Brg from 233 1 Wind 11 8kn 56 Waves 0 8m 45 4 05 ig l gt gt a ar bearing line will show the range and the bearing from the center point to the mouse pointer position In the lower left corner of the Chart window the range values are in nautical miles Rng the bearing from the center point to the cursor Brg to and back Brg from are displayed Press the RIGHT mouse button again to release the ERBL Last update 27 June 2006 Page 21 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST VI ROUTE PLANNING 1 0 WeatherView Tools for Route Planning In order to start a route planning press the E button or select Tools gt Route plann
17. where weather parameters are or exceeding defined alarms thresholds respectively The alarm will be shown in the chart automatically while in the Weather Timeseries panel you can mark Alarm zone a green or red horizontal line will indicate the time step below or above thresholds Draging the ship symbol forward and backward along its route will change the time step of the weather forecast display O Ship symbol Last update 27 June 2006 Page 48 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 4 0 Alarms In the Weather Alarm Area panel one can manage alarm thresholds for wind waves etc Enter the Weather Alarm Area panel by left click H or from the menu Weather gt Alarm Area Settings Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area F Vind vectors Value of vector velocity kts 35 00 Temperature Value of temperature C E How to define an alarm 1 Left click on button Add condition a blue line will appear double click this to edit weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area 4 Wind vectors 0 vectors Value of vector velocity kts 35 00 lt double click to edit gt 2 Choose Met parameter and then type Value of Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area q Met parameter Value of Value from Value 10 Operation Wind vectors Value of vector velocity kts 35 00 Pressure Temperature Wind vecto
18. where you are going to plot a waypoint The ERBL will display the distance and the bearing to that land feature Last update 27 June 2006 Page 25 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP 3 2 Control buttons When you go into the edit mode a new control buttons appears on the right side of the Functional panel gt The Save button allows you to save the edited route It will actually save all of the changes made since the editing start Once the route is saved you may exit from the Edit mode the route is deactivated and the standard Route Planning panel appears The route will still be loaded and shown gt Save as will save the route with a different name The Save route as window will appear where you can type another route name After you exit from the edit mode your initial route is unloaded hidden and a new renamed route is loaded and shown gt The Show button changes the scale and screen position in order to view the whole route in the Chart window gt The Parameters button shows a dialog box for editing the Route parameters It consists of two panels Change Settings and Default settings t Route Parameters xl Change Settings Default Settings Economic speed fis wt Route Parameters Default Settings From WF fi Change settings Deviation 100 E ic Speed Turning Radius 00000 O E Great Circle E Deviation 50 Show Speed Hl Turning Radius TEE S ee ee eee S owed i
19. 7 Gh 32m 053 5 No name 8 0 36 31 093 N 004 22 146 W No name Cancel 1 TT Last update 27 June 2006 Page 24 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST 3 1 Plotting Waypoints on the Chart The plotting principles are the same as for the Measurement tool see chapter V 6 0 They are listed here once again kd o The term waypoint means the geographic position where a vessel S course should be altered The term leg means a line between two adjacent waypoints and the vessel s track between them accordingly Add waypoint Click with the LEFT mouse button on the chart A waypoint number 1 in a blue circle will appear Move the cursor and a thin red line linking the point and the mouse pointer is displayed It can be useful for checking the leg and the second waypoint position Click with the LEFT mouse button in new position on the chart The second waypoint 2 will appear The next LEFT click will plot the next waypoint and so on Checking waypoint position Pressing and holding down the LEFT mouse button while adding waypoints allows controlling the waypoint position Release the mouse button to plot the waypoint Pan the Chart window or zoom it with a boundary box press and hold down the CTRL key While the CTRL key is held down you can pan and zoom with a boundary box the same as in ordinary chart view mode for zoom out press and hold down the CTRL and
20. C MAP Terminal help file Help gt Contents Last update 27 June 2006 Page 41 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST 1 4 Download Tropical cyclone files xml files Enter the Data Order Wizard e g by selecting File gt New gt Weather Data C MAP Terminal Dy ax ee Status Name Created Upload size Download Exported Cyclone Report 21 10 2005 11 24 49 1 kB 17 kB Exported Ice concentration 21 10 2005 11 24 50 1 kB 30 kB Exported Weather Data 2 kB 4376 kB Exported Cyclone Report Lan Gree ieee 1 kB 13 kB Exported Ice concentratiq 1 kB 30 kB Exported Weather Data 2 kB 4370 kB Exported Cyclone Report 1 kB 13 kB Exported Ice concentratic WEATHER DATA 1kB 30 kB Exported Weather Data 2 kB 506 kB Received Cyclone Report 1 kB 15 kB Received Weather Data This will download a GRIB weather prognosis file which can be displayed in 2 kB 533 kB an appropriate viewer You can also choose to download a XML Cyclone Typhoon warning file and a GRIB Ice concentration file Please select data to download Select stored selection to download _ weather prognosis Cyclone Typhoon warning lice concentration You can then check the alternative for downloading Cyclone Typhoon warnings either as a stand alone request or together with weather and or ice concentration For details please refer to the C MAP Terminal help file Help gt Contents 1 5 Down
21. CEACE f fF VIG Routes Monitor Ostersund amp Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area Weather Time Series Route planning Available routes ree ae M NA short Trondeheim Faeroyene Delete Show Hide hi shart Il aeroyene Oslo Penal I BlackSea e S USA Norway Ready SS SS On the picture above you can see three loaded routes in the Routes monitor box They are marked also in the Available routes list and they are shown on the chart The Route monitor also allows the management of loaded routes Three buttons are provided for this purpose x Hide button is equal to Hide button on the Route planning panel The route will be hidden and unloaded L Show button is equal to Show button on the Route planning panel The route will be shown scale and screen position changed in order to display the entire route on the screen This feature may be useful even when the route is shown already but not on the entire screen E Toggle view This is a unique feature of Route monitor It allows hiding the route but keeping it loaded This feature should save the time required for loading a route When this button a the route is ce shown When it is released the route is hidden The L button automatically presses When you edit the route x and E buttons are disabled for this editing route Last update 27 June 2006 Page 34 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 4 2 Routes export and import In o
22. Choose the new point position and press the LEFT mouse button again The point will be moved Press ESC to cancel the operation points move the mouse pointer over the line between them A special symbol will be displayed Press the LEFT mouse button choose the new point position and press the LEFT mouse button again to insert a point Press ESC to cancel the operation gt Insert point between two existing points In order to insert a point between two existing E If you want to change the Measurement tool settings select Tools gt Options gt Measurement nits E Great Circle lt gt Meters IZ Show bearing Nautical Miles OK Cancel You can edit the following settings gt measurement units meters or nautical miles gt display directions or not Show bearing option gt compute legs as great circle or lines Great circle option Last update 27 June 2006 Page 20 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST In the great circle mode a leg always consists of a number of rhumb lines with limited length The value of that limit is set so as to get negligible errors Therefore in this mode you will see several values of direction along the line when the Show bearing option is on Besides that when you move the cursor along the great circle line you can notice the appearance of the Delete point symbol which should be displayed above the point only It means that the
23. F6 2 Information about charted objects RIGHT click on chart 3 Bookmarks a Access to the whole map b Moving to the previous or next view pe a Dover Strait 7 c Saving internal bookmarks d Opening and deleting internal bookmarks e Saving external bookmarks as MS Windows files and opening them File Open 4 Multi windows mode 5 Screenshots 6 Two tools for cartographic measurements ee 7 Tidal calculations 8 Weather Downloading C MAP Terminal 9 Weather Browsing upload into WeatherView a Browse for Grib file Weather Browse for GRIB file E Weather Browse for Cyclone File b Browse for Cyclone file Last update 27 June 2006 Page 7 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST 10 Weather Functionality Panels a Weather presentation Weather Weather Weather Presentation parameters in chart modus b EasyMode Sub Menu of the Weather Panel giving access to basic functions c Weather alarms thresholds Weather Alarm Area Settings d Weather time series Weather Weather Time Series a Pressure forecast Presentation amp units in panel b Temperature forecast Presentation amp units in panel c Wind forecast Presentation amp units in panel d Current forecast Presentation amp units in panel e Precipitation forecast f Ice concentration forecast Presentation amp units in s panel h Total waves forecas
24. FT mouse button 2 Draw a box around the area you wish to zoom using the mouse pointer pame Safir 3 Release the LEFT mouse button The area inside the box will be shown in the whole Chart window If you want to cancel this action press ESC key while drawing For zoom out take the same steps but hold SHIFT key down kd o In the case of zoom out the whole chart window will show the coverage that was inside the boundary box after releasing the LEFT mouse button TA a F5 doubles the scale and F6 halves it gt Turn the mouse wheel in an anticlockwise direction outward to increase scale and in clockwise direction inward to decrease it This means that you will change the scale slowly but continuously Last update 27 June 2006 Page 15 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST e This kind of zoom gives 5 or 5 of the current scale Please note that sometimes turning l the mouse wheel has effect and this is caused by an MS Windows feature Press the mouse wheel while the mouse pointer is inside the chart area to restore availability of this kind of zoom gt Type scale directly in the Scale indicator 1 50000 gt Use the Scale panel that appears when you move the mouse pointer over the Scale indicator 1 100000000 gge sls g E QQ O 2 The buttons and are equal to the buttons accordingly The button calls the Go To Position panel This panel is descri
25. SHIFT key simultaneously Insert waypoint before the first one Move the mouse pointer over the first waypoint The thin red line will be linked to it instead of the last waypoint Click with the LEFT mouse button A new point will be inserted before the first one In the same way you can move the mouse pointer over the last waypoint and resume adding waypoints from the last one Delete waypoint In order to delete a waypoint move the mouse pointer over it The thin red line will be absent but a special symbol will be displayed Press the RIGHT mouse button to delete the waypoint Move waypoint In order to move a waypoint locate the mouse pointer upon it and press the LEFT mouse button A special symbol will be displayed Choose the waypoint position and press the LEFT mouse button again The waypoint will now be moved Press ESC to cancel operation Y existing waypoints move the mouse pointer over the leg between them and a special symbol s will be displayed Press the LEFT mouse button choose the waypoint position and press the ae LEFT mouse button again to insert a waypoint Press ESC to cancel operation Insert waypoint between two existing waypoints In order to insert a waypoint between two x j Please note that while you are plotting or checking the waypoints you can use the ERBL tool Tools ERBL see chapter V 6 2 Click with the RIGHT mouse button on a land feature to fix the ERBL and move the mouse pointer to the position
26. The system must also contain a CD ROM drive Please note that WeatherView is designed to run under Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP If the PC does not have either of these it must be upgraded before the installation of WeatherView In order to download weather information see chapter VII 1 0 internet connection either by http or email is needed but only when downloading the dataset or when system updates are required Last update 27 June 2006 Page 9 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 3 0 Short description of WeatherView installation procedures For a stepwise and detailed installation with pictures we refer to to our web pages http www c map no marineforecast kd o Follow the on screen instructions of the installation program to install WeatherView We also recommend the user to read the detailed installation guide under FAQ Frequently asked Questions on http www c map no marineforecast When the serial number is requested enter the SystemID provided with the distribution media e g printed on the WeatherView system CD A dongle eToken will be used for the commercial subscription If the installation program finds that some C Map software is already installed i e there is an available C Map System ID or eToken identification registered for the machine it does not offer to input new serial number but it uses the exis
27. WeatherView User s Manual Note WeatherView should NOT be installed together with any software that uses C MAP charts C MAP WeatherView 2 0 User s Manual MA MARINE FORECAST For updated information or registration of the one month FREE trial version please visit http www c map no marineforecast For pricing and subscription options please send an email to weather c map no Last update 27 June 2006 Page 1 WeatherView User s Manual l INTRODUCTION ss sss ss sss sss sss sss ssess esen nenen ennenen ennenen 5 tS GENERAL INFORMA TION io sce cere cates cceeeeeenceeitenes ceeeseeeeeeeeerereeone ene 5 tO lt eers lT ON TI EE 5 2 0 The combination of seamless coverage and bookmarks 0000 6 Wl EISE OF FUNG HON oarnein iik Inine AEE EE EEEE 7 UA CE FINO STARTE D crire E 9 PIADO INIS MAN Aier E A 9 2 0 System Requirements sannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn enne 9 3 0 Short description of WeatherView installation procedures 10 4 0 The WeatherView Lavout sssssssssssssssssssssessses enesenn ennenen ennenen 12 V PRINCIPLES OF WORKING WITH CHARTS s sss sss sss sss cesses 14 1 0 Moving around the world panning cccssseessesseeceeseceenseesenseesenneesoeees 14 2 0 Changing the chart scale csssssssssssssssssssssssses senses ennenen ennenen 15 KRI BOOKA S eE E AE 17 4 0 Multi windOw features ccc
28. _grb fae Fle Chart Weather Took Window Help a AOR PERF FEL EEEE FII L AEREE r Fi 26 08 065 N 08113 049 U Pressure 391 0hPa Hind 28 0kn 278 Precipit 17 8mm ae Cwclone VSS naa al g Weather Presentation a d c Dima k 10 2005 1200 Monday Go Tody M di gt DL staa Hours gt Meteo Parameters reatherLagend Meteo Parametar Com Symb Text wt Paar y Prossunt in hecaPasosls O Precipitation value label in selected unite Temperature w Temperature in Celsius an _ Precipitation contours in selected units heacurereeint Units loial Frecipitalion over b hours Wind vecto w Speed in kroi aoha anik ULL mm can 866959 RSS 8 Paane TT Seal waves EE Haightin malara u PE rae LIS S Le ee ee Toig weve Height in meters P Ws TT ge TA Full Weather Panel to adjust the presentation according to your request WwW L 2 VE Taru EE FF J 3 Weather Presentation Date 24 10 2008 1200 E Monday Go_ Today _ 7 M 415 D N Step 3 H Maximize Panel Reduced Weather Panel Used to show only time information when inspecting data in full screen mode The small up down arrow to the bottom right is used to toggle SSCs In thee Time slider information window you can adjust the time for presentation either NIR gt pt by editing the Date box by dragging the slider or by clicking the animation buttons
29. aded File Chart Weather Tools Window H ha xX 1 100000000 ot di RUSSIA p 1 0 A odrana J L i gi 6 S zo AND A AD A d P tbe C S CTC ae LCM C BANGLADESH aya AFR AN k BURMA _ rine N e S E 2 R tig T SD a2 2 eat AN E Sit i E L 4 rF correr SONNE cuvana S N T BOLIVIA PARAGUAY o 190 WW go L vx 22 38 064 S V14 nga N db So as cS Weather Presentation B Thursday co 4 4 gt p pi sss rous z ql Press gata za S SE custom EasyMode toolbar Chart window Time Navigator Status bar The program window consists of the following elements 1 Title bar it contains the name of the program and the name of the file you are working with 2 Menu bar it brings different options that can be selected by the user 3 Toolbar Icons that are designed to facilitate the user s job Some of the options can be selected from the Menu bar as well Last update 27 June 2006 Page 12 WeatherView User s Manual 5 L MAP MARIME FORECAST Status bar Here you can see some useful information such as Tool tips Chart window area This is the main window of WeatherView Its background is a navigational chart At the same time you can work with several Chart windows In each Chart window there are North sign The North direction is always upward Scale indicator displays the current scale When you move cursor t
30. age 3 69 69 924 N 007 52 861 W 0 054 50 12 0 198 13 390 7 16h 30m 095 9 No name o Show 4 59 29 960 N 001 25 643 W 0 054 50 12 0 192 64 192 6 16h 3m 070 6 No name Inward Parameters 5 60 25 084 N 004 41 544 E 0 0 No name T T T T T f Charts Cancel Ready This is the list of waypoints The table consists of the following parameters for each waypoint WP Waypoint number LAT Waypoint latitude LON Waypoint longitude Y VV WV Radius Estimated turning radius at the waypoint expressed in meters The default value is set in the Route parameters dialog box see chapter VII 4 2 This parameter is supposed to be used in high accuracy navigation WeatherView draws an arc at the waypoint depending on the turning radius value If you expect turning at some waypoint with a different radius you can change the value this radius depends on vessel s 1 speed rudder angle etc If you do not want to use this parameter you may set it to Zero If WeatherView is unable to calculate a maneuver correctly when angle between legs is too acute it does not draw an arc Last update 27 June 2006 Page 2 WeatherView User s Manual q kd o L MAP MARIME FORECAST Dev Deviation or Cross Track Error XTE along the leg from this waypoint to the next It is expressed in meters each side of the leg The deviation is an analog of accuracy and it is used for determining dangers and caution
31. ather view Export lr Default Modify OK Cancel Last update 27 June 2006 Page 59 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST The Modify button opens Browse for folder window where you can select a new default folder for the selected File type Browse kd My Computer foe My Network Places Please note that you cannot create a folder in this window The Default button is highlighted only when Exp Routes or Exp images file types are selected It creates the Route or Image folders within the folder defined for Bookmarks and assigns it kd o If you change the folder for bookmarks and did not change other folders for routes images etc before these folders are assigned within the bookmarks folder automatically Last update 27 June 2006 Page 60 WeatherView User s Manual A Alarm General 8 45 48 49 51 56 Save and Load eee eens 49 Weather Alarm 49 50 B Bar EasyMode toolbar eee 39 General asses saan 13 40 Menu TT 12 Status bar wo cece eeece seco eeeeee 13 Title Bar c s s sss ssss sassa 12 13 18 Toolbar 12 17 33357 Bookmarks General sss seson 2 7 17 60 OVB Bookmarks 3 56 57 by R mai sss ss sss 3 57 C Chart Series e 2 14 pale wis ccsesesicaceesiicnsas 2 15 32 33 Window ee eee eecceccesceeceeceecees 14 E EasyMode EasyMode toolbar 39 General 3 8 13 38 39 PRB L
32. atherView User s Manual L MAP it FOR ECAST 6 0 Ice Coverage For downloading of Ice Coverage information see VII 1 5 Download Ice Concentration The presentation of the Ice Concentration Ice Coverage follows the guidelines issued by World Meteorological Organization see color legend in below figure The Ice Concentration is activated in the Weather Presentation Panel or by choosing the Ice Concentration icon t C MAP Weather View C Documents and Settings Bjorn My Documents My C MAP Files Export ice_2005 10 24 08 06 41_srb S Fie Chart Weather Tools Window Help Deg RQ APB YVISANSI SSH SO SAA Nomatnic ee Be L G I eu c c K 66 59 376 N 013 01 691 E 2 UE NORWAY Ice Conc none Fa Z are RUSSIA IT 6 Weather Presentation Date GST E Sunday Go Today NAIR gt Di See bree Meteo Parameters Weather Legend Ice concentration Meteo Parameter Area Cont Symb Text Measurement Units 10 ice concentration value label Ice concentration Mm ai HE E Value in percents aan TO ice concentration contours Alarm zone v n Tropical cyclone v v Speed in knots 10 30 60 a o a bog 7 Retrospect Expr CAMMEO Micro my WV User s Manu ZI C MAP Weather f C Documents x L E 13 50 The Ice Coverage is an observation based on yesterday s satellite observation of the ice edge l This should be used as a guild line for today s ice c
33. based on condition entered by user in the Weather Alarm Area panel 5 0 Tropical Cyclone Warnings TCW For downloading Tropical Cyclone Warnings see VII 1 4 Download Tropical cyclone files The presentation of Tropical Cyclone Warnings issued by the World Meteorological Organization WMO is activated from in the Weather Presentation Panel or by choosing the Tropical cyclone icon S C MAP Weather View C Data Weather_2005 04 03_18 40 44 GRB ah File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help OSM RAN ANB YVAN a a a a laal BAA kage Eg a a ae LE Tropical Cyclone INGRID 05 Observed at 15 03 2005 07 00 WMO Header WTXS32 Course 230 Speed 8 00 kn Max Wind Speed 130 00 kn Max Gust Speed 160 00 kn 13 17 703 S 127 37 047 E Cyclone INGRID 0O5 Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area Meteo Parameters Weather Legend Meteo Parameter Symb Tex Measurement Units Tropical cyclone warnings TCW LER V Speed in knot Tropical cyclone observation point Tropical cyclone track O Forecasted position Alarm zone v O Position interpolated to given time SNI ropical cyclone EEE FE E E speed in knots Actually observed position Tropical Depression 6 Tropical Storm Tropical cyclone hurricane typhoon Observations and prognoses have different symbols according to the legend provided on the screen By moving the cur
34. bed in chapter VI 1 0 You can also change the scale here gt Chart Set Original scale This will change the scale to the scale of compilation original scale of the source paper navigational chart gt Chart Set Best scale The largest scale chart available in its original scale will be displayed The search among charts is carried out for the central screen position Last update 27 June 2006 Page 16 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 3 0 Bookmarks The central screen position and current scale define the current view There are several methods for changing a view 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 The buttons on the Toolbar change a view to the previous one and back again The C icon changes to the view at startup in a scale of 1 100 000 000 and shows the whole world map Internal WeatherView Bookmarks You have possibility to save a current view as a bookmark and open it later To save a bookmark Set a view by choosing a position and scale Type in the bookmark name in a special box on the Toolbar Dover Strait 9 e g Press the ENTER key The bookmark is now saved To open a bookmark Press on the downward arrow to see the list of bookmarks Gibraltar Gibraltar Dover Strait Black sea Select the bookmark from the list Press the E icon The screen is moved to the saved view To delete a bookmark Click on the downward arrow to see the list of b
35. cond point 2 will now appear The next LEFT click will plot the next point and so on gt To control a point position Pressing and holding down the LEFT mouse button while adding points allows controlling the point position Release the mouse button to plot the point gt To pan and zoom in or out While you are in the Measurement mode any LEFT click plots a new point In order to pan the Chart window or zoom it with a boundary box press and hold down the CTRL key While the CTRL key is held down you can pan and zoom with the boundary box in the same way as in the chart view mode for zoom out press and hold down the CTRL and SHIFT key simultaneously Last update 27 June 2006 Page 19 WeatherView User s Manual gt To insert a point before the first one Move the mouse pointer over the first point The thin red line will be linked to it instead of the last point Now move the mouse to the position you want and a new point will be added before the first one In the same way you can move the mouse pointer over the last point to keep on adding points from the last one gt Delete point In order to delete a point move the mouse pointer over it The thin red line will be absent but a special symbol will be displayed Press the RIGHT mouse button to delete the point gt Move point In order to move a point locate the mouse pointer over it and press the LEFT mouse button A special symbol will be displayed
36. cssccseeseeeseneeeseneeeseneeeneaseeeeaseeeeeneeeoenseneeneesoensesoes 18 5 0 Measuring distances and directions ccecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeneees 19 NRI MENT Co e meine nee eee nee nero S ener reer 19 5 2 ERBL Electronic Range Bearing Line tool ccceeeseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaseeeenneeees 21 VI ROUTE PLANNING s sss sss sss ss sss essen ennenen eenn 22 1 0 WeatherView Tools for Route PIAnning cccssecsssseeeeseeeseseeseeeeneeees 22 2 0 Manual Route Creaion cssssssssssssssssssssseessseessss enesenn ennenen neee ee 22 3 0 Route Planning Edit MOde cccccssseeceeseceesseeceeseesenneeseesseseenseeseneesees 24 3 1 Plotting Waypoints on the Chart c cccccccssscsccstsssccsnssssecnsnsesnsenssssecersesseseessseeseseenecuenes 25 Se COND OLDONONE TET 26 Sa MV OOM PANG I sorina tne dcensnntaneunateadeunntne eetenenssnemacesueees 27 34 SCNEOUIC PANG T 29 Fd TEETH 31 Last update 27 June 2006 Page 2 WeatherView User s Manual 4 0 Routes management ssssssssssssssssssss esse sss esse esse esse enesenn ennenen ennenen 32 4 1 Working with several routes ssssssss sese sese sese sss senenn ennenen ennenen eee 32 4 2 Routes exponi and H ee THT 35 9 0 Tidal predio eT 36 Vik WEA HER FORECAST marinan 38 1 0 Downloading weather data cccccssecsessessesseesseeeeseeceasesensesenseeeeaseneaeenes 38 1 1 Downloading Weather with EasyMode
37. ead In the Edit mode one can print a word document of the route including arrival and departure to from all waypoints By activating the Weather Timeseries panel one obtains all detail of weather along the defined route Build for i kn me A Pressure Point on Chart C Temperature 9 Route Wind vectors 17 151 40 20 Select Route Precipitation gm Norway Iceland Total waves PZ 2 141 8 an j 15 Alarm zone Safety a HL 10 P S 5 Lon tr B 1 a mB Te T L e ag a ole 1S eee SG Te ES 1G a Wed 27 04 Thu 28 04 Fri 29 04 E Innboks Micro i C Documents I Adobe Reader ch WV_User manu 6 C MAP Marine 2 C MAP Weather Last update 27 June 2006 Page 53 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST VIII Ship Response Simple Harmonic Motion Roll Pitch and Heave The response element of WeatherView is related to the sea state condition during the vessel s voyage along a planned route It helps the user get information about swell and total waves as well as information on the roll pitch and heave e Before reading on the first step to be able to take advantage of the response feature is to create a route For more information on how to create and plan your route refer to chapter VI Route Planning 1 0 Features of the Ship After planning your route you should inform the features of the ship This may be done by select
38. eatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 3 0 Route Planning Edit Mode You can create a route by selecting Tools gt Route Planning After that you can enter the Edit mode in order to plot a route check it or edit it When a route is in the edit mode the Route Planning panel consists of the Waypoints and Schedule panels Control buttons on the right side of the panel are also different The total route distance and the total voyage duration are calculated automatically and shown in the upper right corner of the panel And of course in the edit mode you can plot waypoints directly on the chart sax C MAP Weather View C Data Weather_2005 04 03_20 22 43 GRB x a File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help X A 990A 0509789908 SBI lE Routes Monitor i 1 1664384 36 31 491 N 003 42 102 W Pressure none Wind none Precipit none Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area Weather Time Series Route planning Waypoints Schedule test Total distance 211 4nm Total duration 1d 18h 16m wP T 36 57 750 N 007 55 213 W l No name 36 54 972 N 007 01 822 W No name aS 006 34 633 W No name 00612634W D a 99 8 dh 41m 0972 Noname 5 35 56 046 N 005 43 962 W l 20 55 76 3 4h 6m 080 3 Noname wW e G Save Save As Show Parameters Charts 6 35 59 462 N 005 18 997 V 23 12 55 8 4h 37m 057 9 No name 7 36 11 699 N 004 64 773 W 4 3AF 32
39. ed in the created Charts panel 2 ele Al Z hap gt 4 Charts at at Routes Monitor 1 5087374 ID Scale Intended Usage Edition Number Update Number Update Date 2 o 20000 becksround sm 1 o TL Ch 30000 background me 1 0 01 01 2000 ay F Ss sen a si 3 11000 overview 2 20 23 11 2002 m 10000 overview 1 48 09 11 2002 j 50000 general 4 28 26 09 2002 6 50000 general 3 31 02 01 2003 9 50000 general 16 01 2003 F 8 35500 general 2 49 08 02 2003 2 3 35000 general 1 22 23 11 2002 Ep PIED 0 eea 1 ores J gt BBD 34500 general 1 49 01 02 2003 s 112120000 coastal 3 24 02 01 2003 Ln 13 20000 coastal 3 g 12 12 2002 fi 2 17 24 01 2002 15 17500 coastal 1 17 23 11 2002 16 15000 coastal 2 IS 08 02 2003 17 15000 coastal f 2 21 08 02 2003 18 15000 coastal 3 dias 12 12 2002 ae 19 10000 coastal 2 16 31 10 2002 eI es 20 10000 coastal 3 11 05 09 2002 Ra 21 10000 coastal 3 12 26 09 2002 E a R 46 49 929 N 003 03 Daw 3 49 09 425 N 003 03 049 W 6 E 09 425 N L UB BAT Y pap n Ready Tact eal et 46 47 531 N 004 09 822 W 4 In the Chart window you can see Chart borders and names of appropriate Datasets electronic chart names When you move the mouse pointer to a chart border the Dataset name is displayed as a Tooltip In the Charts table you can see so
40. ess the OK button The route will be imported and registered in WeatherView It will also appear in the Available routes list of the Route planning panel Last update 27 June 2006 Page 35 WeatherView Users Manual MARINE FORECAST 5 0 Tidal predictions All tidal information is accessed via the D button or Tools gt Tides command Once this icon is pressed small blue diamonds appear on the chart These represent the tidal prediction points locations around the world In total there are about 4000 of the tidal diamonds Locations GREENWAY QUAY K TORQUAY Max high water 21 38 4 57 m Min low water 02 52 0 98 m By default the tidal diagram is calculated for the current date today This date is displayed in the Date indicator Tidal height is dependent of Time and is graphically expressed on the diagram Heights are in meters above the Chart Datum Time is the Standard Time of the country concerned The diagram background consists of three color zones These zones graphically show night time grey daytime green and twilights blue In addition to this there is a very useful feature within this diagram When you move the mouse pointer over the diagram area it becomes a cross When you move the cross pointer position the time and the corresponding tidal heights are shown allowing you to obtain detailed tidal information jp e Please note that you do not need to move the cross c
41. est Shared bookmarks can be saved as a file with the users own defined name and contain all current chart settings such as database version data set name coordinates of screen presentation model display mode scale zoom factor and references to all user objects that were displayed on the screen The bookmark files can be managed as any standard Windows files placed in the chosen directory saved on diskette forwarded to another computer in the office network or sent as a binary attachment to an e mail Such a unique combination of seamless coverage combined with the bookmark feature gives the user both freedom of easy navigation in the worldwide electronic chart database and quick restoration of all chart settings that were made during the previous working session This feature allows a fast and easy way of exchanging geo referenced information between the members of a working group within the office network or by Internet and even via direct communication channels such as GSM or Inmarsat Last update 27 June 2006 Page 6 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARIME FORECAST Ill LIST OF FUNCTIONS This section presents a short list of functions affordable by WeatherView For full description of functions listed please refer to the next part of the Manual FUNCTION ACCESS TOOLBAR ICON 1 View the electronic navigational charts The AUTO following parameters can be chosen i po b Double and half scale F5
42. geo referenced weather information This is part of the C MAP contribution to safety of navigation and the environmental protection of our Oceans ll GENERAL INFORMATION 1 0 Electronic charts CM 93 3 is a specially compiled database of electronic charts comprised of objects and their attributes as defined by the IHO S 57 Edition 3 0 standard CM 93 3 is fully compliant with the S 57 3 data format and in addition the CM 93 3 distribution conventions allow the mariner to immediately use the required chart coverage including automatic updating The CM 93 3 Worldwide Chart Database contains over 20 000 electronic charts grouped into the following scale layers Background small scale Background medium scale 1 5 000 001 UNLIMITED Z ovewiew a _ 800001 4 500 00 coasts 80001 s150000 Berthing 1 15 001 1 50 000 1 5 001 1 15 000 U 1 5 000 Note WeatherView will only support Scale Z and A For other scales OceanView is recommended Last update 27 June 2006 Page 5 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST 2 0 The combination of seamless coverage and bookmarks The CM 93 3 database provides seamless cartographic coverage In addition to this the user can save the current view as a geo referenced bookmark There are two types of bookmarks implemented in the system Personal bookmarks allow saving views within the current window and providing fast panning to any point of inter
43. i fa lt K AS ATTA SSS OANA dime Kirklareli r ap 00 o 7 L Komatini Mi fanbut sili grg az nn EE Ee EE ee aa aes a H Tekir po a a Wn Ss Po a 4 y noi ee eee a 5 armara Deniz ii Cabs 40 57 803 N 029 39 165 E h E Xe K aS Ge ae G R eee T 0 25 5kn 227 ans Ta gn 230 6 5S a _ Siok Bogaz Davdanelies Bursa Bilecik E M 1 2 D Weather Presentation Route planning Weather Time Series Build for fn pi l L Pressure 30 Point on Chart E Temperature 8 76 Route Wind vectors t 17 248 l Select Route L Precipitation m 0 0 C Swell waves Pr 0 7 222 6 Total waves 1 4 240 5 15 L Dew point 5 10 C Cloud cover E 73 Safety 5 Sof ey ae el PY te THIS a La I E E Wed 30 03 Thu 31 03 Fri 01 04 Stes 2 Select one of the available routes already made in the Route Planning tool see VI VOYAGE PLANNING Last update 27 June 2006 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST 3 Choose meteo parameters of interest Their value along the route will be seen in the times series window Please note that this function requires weather forecast covering your route in both space and time Actual time from the Weather Presentation panel is indicated by a o Please note if an alarm is defined see VII 4 0 Alarms a or line will represent part of the routes in time and space
44. icator and typing a new desired scale 1 0 Moving around the world panning Click with the LEFT mouse button on any place inside the Chart Window The point where you click will always become the new center position Press and hold down the RIGHT mouse button You will pan slowly but continuously Chart gt Go to position or move mouse pointer over the Scale indicator and press the icon This command will open the Go To Position panel 9 Go To Position E IN 59 66 db E 026763 725 Scale 1 176 039 kd o Type in the desired position here and it will be set as the new central position When this window first appears it displays the current screen center position The highlighted parts are all editable North South East and West can be changed with N S E W keys on the keyboard or with UP and DOWN arrows Moving selection to degrees minutes and parts of minute can be done with the LEFT and RIGHT keyboard arrows The TAB button selects Latitude Longitude and Scale in sequence Please note that besides the position you can also enter the scale value here Press the Go To button to change the screen position and scale Last update 27 June 2006 Page 14 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST 2 0 Changing the chart scale There are several methods for changing the chart scale gt Drawing a boundary box around the area you wish to zoom 1 Press and hold down the LE
45. iew autogenerated e mail Last update 27 June 2006 Page 58 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST 3 2 Save Figure to a File 1 First select Export gt To Image File from the EZSz menu Lage images l ex Ee 2 Weatherview Screenshot 26 06 2006 16 07 4117 E E Weatherview Screenshot 26_06_2006 16_08_24 _50 2 The Save As window will allow you to select the Mine siste E Weatherview Screenshot 26_06_2006 16_08_43 _100 name of the picture and the kind file you want to B save JPEG BMP PNG or GIF Skivebord 3 If you select JPEG the Outout JPEG File Settings ag window will prompt you to choose the quality of the picture Select it and press OK Your picture has now been saved in the folder C My C MAP Files Export Images or in the folder you selected K Mine nettverkssteder Min datamaskin Filnavn Filtype JPEG files ipg sd w Output Jpeg file settings Jpeg Quality 0 50 100 4 0 File locations The Tools gt Options gt File Locations dialog box allows the user to define a default folder for saving external bookmarks routes see chapter VI 2 0 or images OE Options Bookmarks Movb ovd L Program Files CMAP C Map Weather view Chart Bac Expor files Program Files _ MAP C Map Weather views Export Exp routes route Program Files CMAP C Map Weather views Export H Exp images Mjoq brmp LC Program Files CMAP C Map We
46. iginal Grib file only Measurement Units In this column you may state your preferred units By left double clicking on a unit box you will have a scroll list in which to choose preferred unit e g for wind four units are possible Wy speea in knots a Speed in knots Speed in miles hour Speed in meters sec Speed in Beaufort numbers In the Weather legend box the Meteo parameter in question i e the one marked blue in the Meteo Parameter column has its corresponding legend Short key When in chart window you can step forward and backward in time by holding down ctrl Key cursor arrow lt Ctrl key gt lt right arrow key gt one time step forward lt Ctrl key gt lt left arrow key gt one time step backward lt Ctrl key gt ZUD arrow key gt increase time step to next step e g from 3 to 6 lt Ctrl key gt lt down arrow key gt decrease time step to next step Last update 27 June 2006 Page 44 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST Please note if an alarm is defined see VII 4 0 Alarms a EOMES eTa will be shown where weather parameters are exceeding defined alarms thresholds The alarm will only be shown in the chart when the choice Alarm zone is activated Last update 27 June 2006 Page 45 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST 3 0 Timeseries In the Weather Timeseries panel one can show the evolution of chosen weather paramete
47. ing Route Planning allows you to manually create a new route or edit an existing one Besides that route and voyage information such as waypoints critical points and voyage schedule is accessed in the Edit route mode of the tool Critical weather exceeding your alarm thresholds will be shown as red colors along the route while the green color indicates weather below your alarm thresholds 2 0 Manual Route Creation The Route Planning panel consists of the Available route box and seven buttons on the right side An example of some routes in WeatherView is shown here All buttons and principles of working with this list are described in chapter VI 4 1 Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area Weather Time Series Route planning Available routes Route Name From Port New Edit Rename bel el Feeroyene Delete Show Hide Faeroyene Oslo Rekjavik Troms Close Tokyo Singapore Istanbul Batumi Rear If you have created your route previously you may skip this chapter and continue reading from chapter VI 3 0 Route planning Edit mode a o Press the New button in order to create a new route The Add new route dialog box appears where you have to fill out appropriate fields x Route Mame Mersin Constanta From Port Mersin To Fart Constanta LUK Cancel Press the OK button to create the route and switch to the Edit mode see next chapter
48. ing Weather gt Ship Response gt Ship Response Options The following window will appear i Ship Response Ship Data Additional parameters leave empty if not known Angle of vanishing stability Waterline area coefficient Length m Width m l 15 Draft m 53 Effective waterline area sq m poo e Load displacement t Transverse metacentric height m 7 Enable ship response calculation Show alarm of resonance condition save Load OK Cancel Restored on startup SHIP DATA Length Length at waterline LWL of the vessel m LWL is the length of the vessel as measured from the bow ending of the waterline to the stern ending Width Beam the widest width of the vessel m Draft Draft of the vessel m Displacement Displacement of the vessel tons ADDITIONAL DATA if known Angle of vanishing stability Sets angle of vanishing stability AVS of the boat degrees AVS is the angle the boat can heel and still right itself Waterline area coefficient Waterline area coefficient non dimensional quantity Effective waterline area Effective waterline area m Transverse metacentric height Transverse metacentric height of the boat m Transverse metacentric height is the vertical separation of the center of gravity and the transverse metacenter Last update 27 June 2006 Page 54 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST l By saving the ship dataset the user may load this information fo
49. l not passage parameters By means of Type selection for a route Section with defining waypoints forming it you can easily change those parameters Last update 27 June 2006 Page 26 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST gt Charts button displays all WeatherView charts in the limits of which the route is plotted Be aware that only background chart is supported in WeatherView gt Cancel button allows exiting from the edit mode canceling all changes made Once the route is canceled you may exit from the Edit mode and the standard Route Planning panel appears The route is unloaded so gt Export Table function is represented by the icon This important tool exports to MS Word the current table in view Waypoints or Schedule Voyage schedule N Be dwl bme Verio erie Route plan TE pemr pra Mrr este 11594 l After export you can print your table v 3 3 Waypoints panel Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area l Weather Time Series Route planning Waypoints Schedule USA Norway Total distance 2831 3 nm Total duration 9d 19h 56m WP LAT LON Rad Nm xTE mt SPD RL DTG NM DTA NM TTG BYA Name In Port Save 1 41 26 124 N 065 22 163 W 0 054 50 12 0 689 53 2831 2 2d 9h 27m 066 1 No name Outward Save AS 2 45 10 789 N 050 26 414 W 0 054 50 12 0 1750 93 2141 7 bd 1h 54m 044 1 No name Sea Pass
50. load Ice Concentration This is the same as Downloading Tropical cyclones files but mark for Ice concentration See previous figure 2 0 Overlay or weather chart presentation After downloading the weather dataset see 1 0 Downloading weather data you are now able to present this data in several ways This chapter concerns the chart presentation There are three ways to enter the weather chart presentation 1 Left click on one of the weather icons in the title line For explanation of the symbols please place the mouse pointer over an icon a tip box will inform you its name For a complete list of icons and their corresponding functionality see IIl LIST OF FUNCTIONS 2 Opening the Weather Presentation Panel by 2 1 Left click on the Weather Presentation Panel icon L 2 2 From the menu Weather gt Weather Presentation The Weather Presentation Panel consists of three windows a Time slider information window a Meteo Parmeter window and a Weather legend window When left clicking the Arrow down icon in the upper right corner the Weather Presentation Panel will be reduced to show the Time slider information zesert window only The Arrow up icon will resize the window Last update 27 June 2006 Page 42 WeatherView User s Manual TIT C MAP Weather View C Documents and Settings BiorniMy Documents My C MAP Files Export weather_2005 10 24 06 17 00
51. low you to customize the scheduled weather data get weather data from server and where to save downloaded information e g on local disk on CD on USB pen etc 1 1 Downloading Weather with EasyMode EasyMode is the most recent feature in the WeatherView software It was incorportated in version 2 0 It simplifies the communication between WeatherView and the C MAP Terminal See the next subsections for information on how to download Weather dataset in other ways When opening WeatherView it will always be in EasyMode In order to activate EasyMode when using other functions one needs to select the icon in the Weather Presentation Panel as shown below x thes y Rao 7 MAURITANIA sig J s o Ares TEYE 1 i m W U YT SAET ADOR F issaf DJIH a j Ln 7 d N P 25 t A LEONE a MALIA lt T ad Z A 0 TRE 3 te XO 4 gt COLOMBIA ER N ars P CAMEROON MALDIVES WN aint f k 78 EQUATORIAL GUINEA A Sas NESE x E d F k A lalala a abort ia A O T Rr 7 K oe 15 6 TARZANIA e J ee P lt lt ad F ANGOLA sord KE 4 L L L MO AGASCAR ra NAMIBIA T m y gt j _ K a tp r SOUTH EIC ART lt Weathor Presentation Date jose 2006 12 00 Ready o Parameter Asan L Friday Meteo Parameters a4 Last update 27 June 2006 l Go Tode 7 Cont Symb Test K 4 Pm DP bi Weather Legend Stop 3 Hours Pressure T Pressure value label in
52. me additional Chart information such as Scale Edition Number Issue Date etc If you click on the chart border with the LEFT mouse button this chart is selected in the table Double click on the any field of the chart in the table and that chart will be highlighted in the Chart window You can sort charts in the table Select the field that you want to use as criterion for chart sorting Press the at Ascending order or S Descending order button located in the upper right corner of the Charts panel The charts will be sorted appropriately Last update 27 June 2006 Page 31 WeatherView User s Manual 4 0 Routes management 4 1 Working with several routes After completing the route creation checking it and pressing the Save Save as or Cancel buttons you exit from the Route Planning gt Edit mode The ordinary Route Planning panel appears It consists of the list of available routes and control buttons in the right part Sar C MAP Weather View C Data Weather_2005 04 03_20 22 43 GRB a File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help lal x 0999999 E h S 1 12500000 55 54 714 N 012 47 859 W Pressure 1028 3hPa Wind 24 7kn 176 Precipit 0 1mm Weather Presentation Weather Alarm Area Weather Time Series Route planning d Available routes Route Name From Port To Port New Edit Rename M NA short Trondeheim Faeroyene Delete Show Hide E NA short
53. n there are cyclone warnings All of the buttons from the EasyMode toolbar are pre defined The objective is to make the task of downloading weather dataset easier and faster For customized options see the next subsections Last update 27 June 2006 Page 39 Ca rt oe Se ers ere z Wind wa Precipitation yy Waves amp and EasyMode option WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST 1 2 Download Weather with Direct View option Two Steps Upload You can enter the Direct View mode from the menu Weather gt Download Data gt Direct View 1 C MAP Weather View C Documents and Settings Bjorn My Documents My C MAP Files Export weather_2005 10 24_08 17 00 S Fie Chart ED Toos Window Help D amp v Weather Presentation Ee 55 iad b S 9 9 H of 0 9 dO E E Noh Attanic Tee 1 v Alarm Area Settings q kad J KS Weather Time Series gt a Browse for GRIB File Browse for Cyclone File Download Data Direct View Customized View Tools Help ee Name Created Cyclone Report 21 10 2005 11 24 49 Ice concentration 21 10 2005 11 24 50 Data Order Wizard Ice concentratic WEATHER DATA C MAP This will download a GRIB weather prognosis file which can be displayed in an appropriate viewer You can also choose to download a XML Cyclone Typhoon warning file and a GRIB Ice concentration file Please select data to download Select stored selection t
54. o download V Weather prognosis High Sea North Atlantic 10d 12h Cyclone Typhoon warning l Ice concentration Advanced SystemID WeatherView 30000 HTTP _ The Direct View option will allow you to use the Two Step Upload 1 Choose a predefined request under the scroll bar Select stored selection to download 2 Click the Finish button l This will automatically send a request amp receive response The downloaded weather data is subsequently uploaded and visualized in WeatherView You can make changes to the selected request and later save this as a new predefined request by entering the Advanced option Downloaded data from a Direct View session can be exported saved by opening C MAP Last update 27 June 2006 Page 40 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST Terminal and save them manually by marking a line and clicking File gt Save For details please refer to C MAP Terminal help file Help gt Contents 1 3 Download Weather grib files with Customized option You enter the Customized mode either from the menu Weather gt Download Data gt Customized or by En clicking the icon this will make the C MAP Terminal open In C MAP Terminal you click File gt New gt Weather Data E C MAP Terminal sm View Tools Help ea a Save Ctri S Scheduled Weather Data Created Upload size Download Delete rt 21 10
55. o this indicator a Scale panel appears Mouse pointer position indicator It is the latitude and longitude of the cursor position and appears while cursor is inside the chart window borders Coordinates are expressed in degrees minutes and thousands of minute EasyMode bar Gives your access to the most basic funcitons download a weather dataset and to present these data Time Navigator Time Slider this tools enables the user to locate the different timesteps Please bear in mind that these panels obstruct the Chart window For example when you zoom in you see just part of your selection All Functional panels have the same two instruments The Close button L and the Alignment buiton The Alignment button allows you to move the Functional panel to the left top right or bottom borders of the Chart window ra Sometimes additional buttons appear on Functional panels for example Export to MS Word In order to exit from WeatherView use the File Exit command or press the X button on the Title bar If the setting Tools gt Options gt General gt Get confirmation before exit C MAP WeatherView is switched on an exit confirmation will be requested Last update 27 June 2006 Page 13 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP V PRINCIPLES OF WORKING WITH CHARTS When you start WeatherView the default scale shown is 1 100 000 000 1 30000 However this information can be changed by clicking on the scale ind
56. ookmarks Select the bookmark from the list Press the g icon The selected bookmark is deleted Last update 27 June 2006 Page 17 WeatherView User s Manual C MAP MARINE FORECAST FORECAST 4 0 Multi window features WeatherView allows you to work with several windows Each window can be configured with its own presentation settings a C MAP Weather View File Chart Weather Tools Window Help Ose RQoo lA YUYAO mS T lS ov Weather GRIB not loaded EEX weather GRIB not loaded Sele ETA 1 20000000 Y 1 4000000 7 I Je 59 30 240 N 001 33 869 E Route Rlanning t G Waypoints Schedule Bergen Stavanger Total distance 121 8 nm Total duration 6h 45m WF LAT LON Radi XTEI SF RL DTG N DTA TTG BW Name save 1 60 26 49 005 07 3 0 05 121 7 1h din 238 No name Save s 60 10 58 004 15 0 0 05 91 2 2h31n 233 No name 59 43 06 003 03 3 0 05 45 8 2h32n 253 No name o Show 59 29 38 001 37 2 0 No name Parameters Charts Cancel Ready S Ies In order to open a new window select File gt New command This will show a new world map Opening an external bookmark also opens a new window Window Help The Window menu is assigned to manipulate the separate windows Cascade Here you can switch between windows and arrange them in normal windows Tile horizontal S styles Cascade Tile h
57. orizontal and Tile vertical Tile vertical Z Mew view a In order to close a window select File gt Close command or the X button on a window Title bar Please note that WeatherView will not close the last window Thus at least one window Is l always open Last update 27 June 2006 Page 18 WeatherView User s Manual C MAP MARINE FORECAST IHE FOR EGAST 5 0 Measuring distances and directions There are two tools for measuring distances and directions in WeatherView 5 1 Measurement tool The measurement tool is activated by pressing the Al button or by selecting Tools gt Measurement The Result of measurement indicator will appear in the upper left corner of the OOO a Chart window It displays the total distance between the first and the last points s C MAP Weather View Weather GRIB not loaded k ef File Chart Weather Tools Window Help 5 x OeREAQ oANDEBIYVINRBUSES SHA es aooseaalf eeG R D VON A V 1 1250000 S ge 59 00 701 N 005 34 258 E Ready a The principle of working with the Measurement tools is as follows gt To add a point Click with the LEFT mouse button on the chart A point number 1 in a blue circle will appear Move the cursor and a thin red line linking this point and the mouse pointer is displayed This can be useful for checking a second point position Click with the LEFT mouse button in a new place on the chart The se
58. overage It should under any circumstances k NOT be used for navigation close to or into the ice L l To toggle the ice you should first move the time stamp to yesterday s date at 12 00 UTC This is due to all yesterday s satellite information has to be integrated into one time stamp Last update 27 June 2006 Page 52 WeatherView User s Manual 7 0 Route comparison 324 C MAP Weather View C Data Weather_2005 04 20_11 34 17_GRB at File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help x D oF tal QQ a EAM ERT REEVES EIFC Aaa yiee T Gr Aa Z LLES a 09 33 142 N 147 56 599 W Pressure 1010 7hPa k A l S i Wind 17 4kn 234 l i Waves 2 3m 244 7 95 an R a lt me T S C see Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Route planning e Available routes Route Name From Port New Edit Rename I sletti Delete Show Hide F slett2 M US2Japan_1 San Francisco Cose M US2Japan_2 San Francisco y US2Japan_3 San Francisco Tokyo Ready NUM By testing alternative routes one will easily pick the best route depending on the user s defined weather alarms When using the drag and drop functionality of ship symbols on routes the program recalculates the time and redraws the weather and positions of other ships If you have some number of alternative routes this feature provides a good overview Weather information is available for ten days ah
59. r information for the position of the vessel for example Pressure Temperature Wind Cyclone etc according to your selections See Figure on the left Cyclone ALBERTO 06 The upper dark blue arrow represent the direction and period of the total sea The lower blue arrow represent the direction and period of the swell Wind arrow in upper right corner o Ee See The ship is plotted in the middle The arrow pointing 0 4776 Bs Precipitation 0 1mm s Sel 3 Onn BE 78 2s outwards shows the direction and velocity of the Cyclone ALBERTO 06 vessel Red Shadow zone indicates the danger of having a sudden increase in roll amplitude and in worst case capsizing of the vessel having given combination of speed and bearing The conclusion is made from comparison of ship s natural roll period with relative wave period if the difference between values is less than 30 then resonance can occur This combination can in some cases be dangerous An alarm for a given threshold of roll amplitude can be made in the Alarm Panel IX PREPARATION OF PRESENTATIONS 1 0 OVB Bookmarks OVB means OceanView Bookmark These bookmarks are an external WeatherView bookmarking system The principal difference of the external bookmarks from the internal ones is the following External bookmarks are saved as standard MS Windows files with ovb extension in a user predefined folder You can work with these bookmark files just like any other MS Window
60. r further use 2 0 Inspect the Ship Position Now click on Weather gt Ship Response gt Inspect Ship Position to obtain the information related to the sea state and response by each timestep of a planned route A window called Inspect Ship Position will appear After that click on the desired ship symbol along a plotted route WeatherView will mark the position of your vessel with a red color This is shown in the figure below informing the user about the sea state and response for this specific position Note that the route is crossing the path of a the cyclone ALBERTO 06 Pile ghat Weather Tools window Hep B X 14 06 2006 18 00 UTC HIE EEUN 02301 2853 E OAs Wind ir i it Pitch TE eia nezi Drm 2 lt A N 7 Harve 1 Ha 7 T OE p Cyclnn ALBFRATO 0E Z 7 a J d v ae an x EF K s v LE C lt l a t A ST I K i V pos g w g ae a l A a yy A i L feather Presentation Weather Aian Ana palor Tino Sorio Dale d i 2006 Tei E Wednesday Go 4 Corina 4 Prossunt lara Press Eosyhode icon to 109276 between custom and Eseyhode option Last update 27 June 2006 Page 55 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST Inspect Ship Position Sal The Inspect Ship Position window will inform you about 14 06 2006 18 00 UTC l the Roll Pitch and Heave information on the bottom left 054 16 660 02301 5863 On the bottom right you can see the weathe
61. rder to export routes 1 Select the Tools gt Export amp Import gt aT Export Import x Routes command The Routes Export Import window will appear 2 Select the route you want to export With CTRL and SHIFT you can select a number of KOBENHAYN Denme KOBENHAYMIC YSTAD Sweder routes All those routes will be saved in a single file Mersin Conctenea 3 Press the Export button A standard MS Windows Save as window will appear 4 Enter the file name and save the route If you select or type in an existing file name the routes are added to that existing file Available routes Show Rename Delete Please note the file will be saved in the folder defined in the Tools gt Options gt File Locations dialog box kd o In order to import routes 1 Select the Tools gt Export amp Import gt Routes command The Routes Export Import window will appear 2 Press the Import button A standard MS Windows Open window will appear Look in Routes a c BR 2 Euorpe USA via Channel route l My Recent Documents 2 Desktop My Documents pL My Computer My Network Places B Files of type Route files route v Cancel 3 Open the file containing the required route The Select Route Name table will appear 4 Select the route you want to import If there is only one route in the file you will not have to select anything 5 Type the new route name if you want 6 Pr
62. rs Precipitation Swell waves Total waves Cloud cover 3 Choose alarm interval Value from and or Value to Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area db 6 Wind vectors Value of vector velocity kts Temperature Value of temperature C es ee ee 4 Choose an operator if you have two or more parameters defined The operator might be AND or OR AND the alarm will be made for areas where both thresholds are true OR the alarm will be made for areas where at least one of the thresholds are true Weather Presentation Weather Time Series Weather Alarm Area Met parameter Value of Value from Value to a Oa vectors Value of vector velocity kts 35 00 Temperature Value of temperature C In this case the alarm is true if the wind is above 35 knots AND the temperature is below 2 C i e icing conditions 5 You might also load predefined or user defined alarms by using the Save and Load buttons Last update 27 June 2006 Page 49 WeatherView Users Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST Met parameter Value of Value from Value 10 Operation Mind vectors Value of vector velocity kts 30 00 TE gt of temperature C iS Li al ill EJ Add condition Delete condition Moveup Move down Delete All Load cians sZ 2 m dala i eer Ready NUM L l The weather alarm criteria are calculated for every point of GRIB s space time grid
63. rs for a single point or for a defined route within your weather domain Enter the Weather Timeseries panel by left click Pt or from the menu Weather gt Weather Timeseries Sometimes it is very convenient to step forward in time inspecting simultaneously both the chart and the timeseries presentation This is enabled with a short key Short key When in chart window you can step forward and backward in time by holding down ctrl key cursor arrow lt Ctrl key gt lt right arrow key gt one time step forward lt Ctrl key gt lt left arrow key gt one time step backward lt Ctrl key gt lt up arrow key gt increase time step to next step e g from 3 to 6 lt Ctrl key gt lt down arrow key gt decrease time step to next step kd o 3 1 Timeseries for a point Showing a time series of a given point 1 In the Weather Time Series panel choose the Point on Chart option t Laa atO Kaa IT Iaa SR U LZ 4 L anand Weather Presentation Route planning Weather Time Series Build for k can L Pressure 1019 cU KG e Point on Chart a Temperature A Route Wind vectors 13 250 ar Point on Chart H Precipitation m 0 Lat N 42 00 774 C Swell waves 1209 6 7 e SS YG loni H H 2 S sl L Dew point cid 7 E oA i RL RR 0 ST e R e e 18 RR H ST a a eE WB Cloud cover W 70 Wed 30 03 Thu 31 03 Fri 01 04 K Locate Point on Chart Apply 2 Locate the point on Chart then mark
64. s kccincnins ecaaciedcuntsietlies DTA F Figure Compression cseeeeeeeeeeees 58 6 ma1l e 3 58 OA PEE TEATE ee ee 3 59 File Location e 4 57 59 Last update 27 June 2006 I Installation Procedures 2 10 L IE s T 22 M Measurement Distances and directions 2 19 TOO ensenen 2 19 20 25 C erireisid ei 44 Multi window features 2 18 P Presentations by E mail 3 57 OVB BookmarkS 2 000 56 Screenshots sss ss sss sassa nnan 7 R Route Comparison sese eee 3 53 Control buttons 2 24 26 Creation cccceeceseceeceeceees da Edit Mode eee eee ee ee eee 2 24 Export and Impott 3 35 Management eee eee 3 32 Monitor 0 0 0 eee ee eee ee ee 23 33 34 ING Wc sa hnccichactaeerctaneeideeres 22 2 PATS cz anega boia orat rte 2222 Route comparison 3 53 Route planning 8 22 31 34 35 Schedule panel 2 24 26 29 Waypoints 2 24 25 26 27 29 Delete css ssssssssss ossa sss nas 25 i e ene LEEA 25 Poel tues 2e CMAP MARINE FORECAST S Scale Indicator e ee eee eee 13 14 16 Panel 13 16 Ship Response General sss sassa 3 54 55 Heave c sss sss scs nnan 3 54 56 Pel ANT 3 54 56 ell Geek 3 54 56 Shortcut CB THT 44 46 Subscription Customer e eee 11 NAT Al EEE E 11 38 System Requirements 2 9 T Terminal Software
65. s along the route see chapter VII 4 6 The default value is set in the Route parameters dialog box but it can be changed in the table Speed Estimated speed on the leg from this waypoint to the next expressed in knots The default value is set in the Route parameters dialog box Economic Speed Rhumb L Rhumb Line A choice of whether Rhumb Line v or Great Circle sailing will be applied from the waypoint to the next one When you activate the Great Circle checkbox in the Route parameters dialog all of the new legs will be calculated as Great Circle lines These four parameters Radius Deviation Speed and Rhumb Line may be reset in the Route parameters dialog box You should set the appropriate values in the Common settings section activate the checkboxes and press OK button The parameters will be set the same for all waypoints Distance Nm It is the leg distance from the waypoint to the next one expressed in Nautical Miles The Distance is calculated automatically DTA Distance to Arrival or Distance to Go the distance from this waypoint to the last one of the route destination expressed in Nautical Miles Time Estimated time that will be spent for sailing from this waypoint to the next It is calculated automatically Name The name of waypoint You are not obliged to type any waypoint name but it is advisable In port Voyage Part Type or Mode of Voyage The value in this column can be
66. s files For example you may send and receive them from other WeatherView users When you double click on a file with an ovb extension in the MS Windows environment it will automatically run WeatherView with the saved view at the startup instead of world map Press the button and the standard Save As window appears Save hs HE Save Ire S Chart Bookmarks e ZI T E E North Europe ovb Whole world ovb ett Mu Network F File name Gibraltar Z Page 56 Save as type Chan bookmarks avb Cancel WeatherView User s Manual kd o Las CMAP MARINE FORECAST Here you can type a file name name of bookmark and save it nu Pressing the lt button on the Toolbar will open a similar window where you can open a bookmark Instead of using these icons you may use the File gt Open and File gt Save commands File gt Save as saves the bookmark with a different name The four last opened bookmarks can be accessed in the File menu Deleting and renaming can be performed as usual in the Open and Save windows A default folder for external bookmarks can be set up in the Tools gt Options gt File locations dialog box 2 0 Sending OVB Bookmarks by E Mail It is also possible to send OVB Bookmarks by E Mail directly from WeatherView M File Edit Chart Data Chart Supplementary Info eat News CHN Select the File gt Send gt Bookmark command Open
67. sor over a point you can inspect details for wind speed and wind gust If a route is passing close to an already downloaded cyclone warning an alarm will be indicated by a purple line both in chart and in timeseries The alarm zone around the cyclone has a form of broadening from 100 NM to 500 NM lane built on the cyclone track starting from the last known observation Last update 27 June 2006 Page 50 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST never cross the track rule plus error area on both side of track depending on validity of prediction O obs SONM 24h 100 48h 150 72h 200 96 above 250NM The alarm zone is applied to the route part starting from the last observation time 1 for the route part preceding the last observation time no alarm is issued 2 1f the route crosses the above mentioned alarm zone after the last observation time then those legs are considered dangerous regardless of its schedule times Alarm concerning Tropical Cyclones close to route If a route is passing close to an already downloaded cyclone warning an alarm will be indicated by purple line This is based on the above described calculation regarding distance from cyclone track When in cyclone areas we always recommend you to update cyclone files regular and inspect them manually For detailed information you are requested to ask your nearest WMO Cyclone Warning Center O q Last update 27 June 2006 Page 51 We
68. t It is taken from the Waypoints table and can not be changed here gt Distance The leg distance from the waypoint to the next one expressed in Nautical Miles The Distance is taken from the Waypoints table gt Time to Next Time that will be spent to reach the next waypoint It is calculated as Speed divided by Distance Last update 27 June 2006 Page 29 WeatherView User s Manual kd o L MAP MARIME FORECAST The Arrival Departure and Stop duration parameters can be changed In order to do this click with the LEFT mouse button in the chosen cell of the table type in desired value and press ENTER Using the keyboard you can navigate around the table with the ARROW keys and start edit by pressing any key The last edited cell is highlighted with a red font color By default the departure time from the first waypoint is highlighted The initial value of departure time from the first waypoint Port is the time and date when the route was created When you change any of editable parameters WeatherView calculates new values of corresponding parameters because they are linked with arithmetic formulas For example you set an arrival time at some waypoint It means that you would like to arrive to that waypoint Port or Pilot Station at a certain time But it is impossible as this arrival time depends on the departure time from the previous waypoint and speed during leg passage Theoretically any of
69. t a i Total cloud coverage forecast j Sea surface temperature forecast k Deviation of sea level forecast m Tropical cyclone warnings 12 Route planning functions BOC ie a ay a Export Import routes Tools Export Import Routes Last update 27 June 2006 Page 8 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST IV GETTING STARTED 1 0 About this Manual This Manual is written under the assumption that the user is familiar with the main principles of the MS Windows environment and its applications All dialog names their fields and environment terms are written in bold Any program messages are italicized e g Please enter the necessary value In order to improve the visual information in this user s manual the following logical simplifications will be used for example instead of using the expression select Open in the File menu we will rather File gt Open use File gt Open e When you see this sign it means that a topic contains additional information This l information is unnecessary for WeatherView operation but it may be useful for completely understanding of its functions qa Important information is marked with this sign 2 0 System Requirements WeatherView is a PC based Windows application The program will run on almost any IBM compatible PC with an Intel Pentium processor However we recommend at least a 500 MHz processor with 128MB RAM
70. the submenu For year selection click with the LEFT mouse button 2003 Use the up and down arrows By means of the and gt buttons you can change the month With the RIGHT mouse click on any place inside the Date selection dialog box you can move back to today s date Last update 27 June 2006 Page 37 WeatherView Users Manual L MAP MARINE FORECAST VII WEATHER FORECAST In order to access Weather forecast data and advanced functionality like weather and alarms along route you have to subscribe and be registered at C MAP Marine Forecast Please contact I C MAP email weather c map no to geta WeatherView System CD 6 To activate a free trial subscription after receiving a WeatherView System CD please visit http Awww c map no marineforecast and register at Free one month demo 1 0 Downloading weather data When installing WeatherView a dedicated download software named C MAP Terminal is installed as an integrated part of WeatherView The download function can be activated in three modes one EasyMode mode see 1 1 below one DirectView see 1 2 below mode and one Customized mode see 1 3 below The EasyMode is the most user friendly while Customized gives you most options o The EasyMode mode is the fastest and easiest way to download and view weather and we l recommend this option for daily inspections especially when connected to the internet The Customized mode will al
71. those parameters could be changed for conformity However in this case WeatherView will change the departure from the initial waypoint thus shifting the whole schedule The following table clarifies what is changed while you edit a parameter Arrival Departure time from the initial waypoint Departure from initial waypoint All schedule Stop duration at the same waypoint However if you decrease Departure time and the Stop duration is less than Departure from any other the value of your decrease in fact get a Departure time less point than Arrival time this operation is blocked If the Stop duration is zero no waiting you are not able to reduce Departure time at all Arrival time at the next waypoint and the whole schedule Stop duration after Bear in mind that the program does not realize the full reality of your schedule It allows setting Stop duration at open sea instant speed increasing and decreasing and so on The operator will only check its schedule Last update 27 June 2006 Page 30 WeatherView Users Manual C MAP MARINE FOR EGAST 3 5 Charts qa Note WeatherView supports scales A and Z only and this option is therefore of limited interest For both combined weather and chart we recommend the OceanView software When you press the Charts button on the Control box of the Route planning panel all charts in the limits of which the route is plotted are displayed in the Chart window and list
72. ting one At the end of the installation process the user is offered to send a unique ID file the user usr file to C Map office This file will be used to obtain a weather subscription OBS This is not applicable for the free demo trial see below A C MAP WeatherView icon is placed on the desktop In order to get the weather prediction dataset the user must also install the C Map Terminal this is a separate installation process that must be done after installing WeatherView successfully A C MAP CMAP Terminal icon will be placed on the desktop Vawe After installing the C Map Terminal open this software by dobble clicking the icon on the desktop The following window will open General Communication Internet HTTP E Mail Folder FILE User identification System ID Weatherview 20042 Folders Temp C Documents and Settings User Mine dokumenter My Export C Documents and Settings User Mine dokumenter My E C MAP Terminal File View BEES Help D W Status Update software D Exporte Download subscription O Receive Communication test Ctrl T Receive Options Ciro f E Avbryt Send amp Receive F5 If the above window does not open automatically click on Tools gt Options Press the Search button to fill in the System ID Last update 27 June 2006 Page 10 WeatherView User s Manual L MAP MARIME FORECAST The System ID
73. ursor precisely over the line Only the horizontal movement time affects the tidal height figure The time and tidal height for maximum high water and minimum low water are given on the left part of the panel in the Locations box You can see several entries in the Locations list if you have clicked on a small scale chart and Last update 27 June 2006 Page 36 WeatherView User s Manual CMAP MARINE FORECAST there were several tidal prediction locations near that point In such cases you can select any location from the list It is possible to predict tides for any future date There are two means to do this 1 LEFT click on the Date indicator allows you to enter the date manually Select day month or year with LEFT and RIGHT keyboard arrows Use UP and DOWN keys for editing the selected item The diagram is renewed automatically 2 Press on the downward arrow in the Date indicator to call the Date selection dialog box May 2003 EZ d Mon Tue Yved Thu Frio Sat Sun ego ala 2 E d S g 10 11 13 b 15 16 17 cU EA 1 er eo eJ 30 ol E 7 A D 3 Today 05 05 2003 14 May 2005 The Today s date is written at the bottom and a special mark gt is used for highlighting it on the calendar The selected date for tidal prediction is highlighted with dark blue color LEFT click on the day in the calendar to select it In order to select a month click on it with the LEFT button and select the month in
74. wn The chart scale and position are arranged accordingly to display the whole route on the screen Hide The route will be hidden and unloaded gt Close The Voyage planning tool will be closed You have the possibility of doing the same by releasing the E button on the Toolbar or pressing by the D button Please note that when you close the Voyage report tool a route is activated in the Edit mode This route is not deactivated you can continue editing on the chart Besides that all loaded routes are not unloaded and the Route monitor will still be presented on the screen Thus closing the Voyage planning tool just gives you more space in the Chart window but it does not affect any route operation On the left side of the route name in the Available routes list you will notice a checkbox When you switch it on the route is loaded and shown but the scale and screen position are not changed as they are with the Show button When you switch it off the route is hidden and unloaded kd o All loaded routes are marked in the checkboxes The Routes monitor is displayed in the upper left corner of the Chart window Move the mouse pointer upon it and the list of all loaded routes will be displayed Last update 27 June 2006 Page 33 WeatherView User s Manual 2 C MAP Weather View C Data Weather_2005 04 03_20 22 43 GRB a File Chart Weather Prediction Tools Window Help 20 91 3 De EIA ao ol AC FIR EIS EIN 1

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