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1. Note If application is not used for 3 hours or more the weather uplink settings dialog is shown again Page 11 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 2 4 Quick overview of the Weather Information Service application WIS is designed for simple and intuitive navigation The application features seven components that allow users to access the functions and variables that control the application FPLN v EG Map Overlays V Tools v Airport Search Fullscreen a pies Time P he FCST 181200z Radar AUS 191617z Peas i y Radar EUR 191614z CAT FCST Radar US 1916152 Satellite 191608z as s FL360 Winds FCST 1906002 b D ee Observations Forecasts IDE 13 302 16 30z E Figure 5 WIS application window 1 Main Menu Observation menu Forecast Menu Airport search box Map and graphic weather products view pane Flight level FL selector for selecting the FL at which the weather products are viewed Observation Time selector for selecting the UTC time at which the weather products are viewed Se 2 dub eA c DM Forecast Time selector for selecting the UTC time interval at which the weather products are viewed 9 Current UTC time 10 Time when a particular weather product was issued 11 Zoom slider 12 Map scale indication Page 12 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 13 Full screen toggle 3 General Procedures2. 3 1 1 After completing step License deployment for Weather Information Service application Normally airline IT administrator is responsible for license deployment on user s EFB tablet Whenever manual installation is required proceed with following information License is required to enable online data update functionality Manual license deployment d You should have received license file email iTunes other channel like shared drive from your airline IT or business department If not please contact responsible persons for installation e If you ve received license file winnlic extension by email double click to an attachment select WIS application to open such file WIS application shall associate license file with itself f After the successful license deployment you can see license file in WIS application Documents Oo 4 lt es u S D Sign In v g iPad a Home Screens Summary y Apps J Music Movi H iiid Automatically install new iPad J TV Show Photos 1 Info File Sharing The apps listed below can transfer documents between your iPad and this computer J Music El Movies Apps Go Direct Weather Documents WINNLicense lic E TV Shows PX Go Direct Weather AR Books ad Audiobooks A Tones Apps 51 79 GB Free Sync Figure 1 iTunes of WIS application 2 License deplyoment via iTunes License deployment by airline IT administrator As airline IT adm
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4. at TOSPA 4 ji MIT HAM STADE LUB F ESTA WSR Figure 23 Flight plan example 3 2 1 Loading Flight Plan from remote Honeywell Global Data Center Preparation of data Incase you want to get information about way of integration of flight planning system with Honeywell Global data Center contact Honeywell support reading flight plan from Honeywell Global Data Center GDC database In the WIS application go to FPLN gt Load select remote tab and fill all flight identification information All fields shall be filled in order to match right flight plan Confirm with OK and flight plan will be loaded and displayed on the map The format of the identification information is shown on the screenshot Page 24 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Load Route Departure date 2014 08 15 Departure time Cancel Figure 24 Load remote flight plan window CAUTION if required flight plan is unavailable at Honeywell Global Data Center or input parameters were entered incorrectly user is notified by message Requested flight plan not found 3 2 2 Loading flight plan manually from directory Preparation of data User flight plans are defined in directory Windows version only INSTALL_ DIRECTORY WINNClient Data for usr files These are flight plans which can be loaded from the menu Use text editor to explore usr flight plan format It is straightforward name lat
5. presented in Figure below FL Selector Winds FCST CAT FCST Figure 12 Extended mode of the FL selector example NOTE The maximum FL which can be selected is FL500 the minimum FL which can be selected is FL190 3 User can tap outside of flight level selector to compress it back Page 19 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 1 4 Time controller Time controller is used for viewing weather observations and weather forecasts effective at time which is selected The time controller is composed by two individually controlled time sliders for weather observation history and weather forecasts located at the bottom of the display The current time is located between the two time sliders An example of the time controller is presented in figure below E 15 00z 18 00z Figure 13 Time controller example 2 4 4 1 Current time Current time is a readout of current system zulu time It is presented in a green framed box using green font CAUTION System time in the EFB tablet has to be set up is always correct it is not dependent on time zone application recalculates automatically to zulu time If system time is wrong application might request data for different timeframe than expected by user 2 4 4 2 Observations time slider Observation time slider is located left from the current time Itis composed of a timeline starting 3 hours in the history from the current time It inclu
6. E GAMBY CAMRN GLINN GRAPT KMJX KW amp DA AJGON VOGEL Figure 10 Navigation data on map airports navaids waypoints Page 18 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 1 3 Flight level selector The FL selector is used to select a FL for which the weather products are displayed on the map The weather products which are presented according to the FL selected are e CAT FCST e Winds FCST e cing FCST CAUTION FL selector is visible only if one of the 3D weather product is selected on map overlay Affected weather forecast products available in 3D grid are Icing Winds CB tops Clear air turbulence The FL selector is a window titled FL Selector and it is placed in the bottom left corner of the screen It is detached from the corner of the screen to allow for more comfortable operation by a thumb 1 The FL selector is presented in a compressed and extended view In the compressed view the FL selector window consists only of a box with currently selected FL number e g FL230 See below FL Selector Winds FCST CAT FCST FL360 Figure 11 Compressed view of the FL selector example 2 If user taps anywhere in the box or on the extended view indication the FL selector enters the extended mode In the extended view swiping the FL box or turning wheel down to select a higher FL or by swiping it down to select a lower FL An example of the extended view is
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9. Table 2 Overview of the airport sky cover states Sky cover Clear Skies Few Clouds Scattered Clouds Broken Clouds Overcast Clouds The airport text weather information which includes METAR D ATIS and TAF can be accessed by tapping on the relevant airport symbol from the map or by searching the airport in the search box located in the main menu bar This action calls an airport window with details The airport window is divided in two parts 1 Tabs for selection between METAR SPECI D ATIS TAF and runway layout 2 METAR SPECI legend The abbreviated METAR text message is processed and presented in human readable text if possible Widely used acronyms and abbreviations are not presented in human readable text The METAR text message is divided into ten parts 1 Issue time the time when the METAR was issued Wind heading and speed Visibility Sky condition Pressure Temperature Dew point Visibility conditions The METAR SPECI legend is presented in the lower part of the window It presents the color coding and symbols used to present METAR SPECI information i e visibility conditions sky cover and wind speed i GI sx eg De Page 35 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 DATIS D ATIS is aeronautical information issued at busier terminal areas D ATIS contains essential information such as weather information which runways are active available approaches and any othe
10. above the time markers A box above the slider presents the selected time CAUTION Time slider reflects only downloaded data valid at selected time so it depends on Uplink settings If no observation or forecast is available slider control is grey user has to configure and download data for required time frame See chapter 3 3 CAUTION METAR text weather observation is not driven by observation time slider METAR text weather observation shows latest data relevant for current time 2 4 4 3 Forecasts time slider Forecasts time slider is located right from the current time It is composed of a timeline starting with the beginning of the interval of a forecast which is still effective at the current time It includes marked times representing the highest granularity of the data of WAFC weather forecasts 3 hours The forecasts time slider includes next 24 hours from the current time 8 forecast intervals in total The slider can be either white or green colored based to indicate whether the effectivity of the selected time interval falls within the current time period green color or not white color 119 302 22 302 Figure 17 Color indication of current time effectivity 1 The user may select a specific time interval in the weather forecasts to be viewed in the view pane by swiping the slider or by selecting it by tapping time interval To indicate that data is missing the color of the timeline changes to grey within a tim
11. act with Honeywell company with zip file in attachment Zip file contains list of individual license files One particular file shall be distributed on concrete device iPad Windows tablet Manual distribution When installing on iPad connect target device put individual file in device s application Documents see previous chapter Name of the license file has to be changed to WINNLicense lic When installing on Windows connect target device put individual file in directory where is WIS application installed e g c Program Files x86 Weather Information service WINNClient Name of the license file has to be changed to WINNLicense lic 2 2 Running the Weather Information Service On iPad tap Weather Information Service icon placed on iPad home screen On Windows Weather Information Service shortcut is available on desktop or in start menu Page 9 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 2 3 Application startup and initial configuration Once the application has been installed and license is deployed to app following disclaimer information is revealed after startup WINN is not intended to be used as a tactical onboard weather radar display and is intended only to provide supplementary information with respect to situational and strategic awareness of weather issues WINN navigation data is not updated on a regular basis and is not to be used for aircraft navigation purposes i
12. and SIGMET vertical extent are centered above the SIGMET label SIGMET symbol is framed with white line and it is justified and placed above the SIGMET label The list of all SIGMET symbols and the rules for coding are listed in table below Only a subset of all potential SIGMETs is associated with a symbol When the SIGMET text does not allow for associating with a symbol text label SIGMET is displayed without a symbol SIGMET type Text string for decoding Severe squall line SQL or SEV SQL rd o Visible ash cloud VA Volcanic ash mem Im w Page 43 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Moderate Icing MOD ICE Moderate MOD TURB A turbulence Rain RAIN e mo s Vertical extent of a SIGMET if included in the SIGMET text is presented to the right of the symbol Vertical extent is vertically arranged The lower limit of the vertical extent is in the bottom and the upper limit is placed on the top of the lower limit A text SFC for surface can be used instead of a number for SIGMETS with a lower limit starting at the surface As part of de cluttering scheme the individual SIGMETs are collapsed if the SIGMET boxes overlap each other or when multiple SIGMETs are issued for an area e g in European airspace and presented under one label Multiple SIGMETs Symbols are not presented above the label when collapsed Note Clicking on icon reveals SIGMET description Note All curre
13. are presented with white color FLinterval Legend Color amp X Sample Clouds top lower than FL110 110 200 Clouds top in FL110 200 Grey gradient 1 210 300 Clouds top in FL210 300 Grey gradient 2 310 400 Clouds top in FL310 400 Grey gradient 3 Clouds top higher than FLA10 White Coverage from 65 N to 65 S of latitude analogous to radar no coverage area is presented as 40 black transparent overlay Issue time Real observation time might sooner up to 15 minutes than issue time displayed in application Page 33 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 1 3 Viewing airport weather METAR TAF DATIS HEVIZ BALATON METAR DATIS METAR 1 2 l LHSM 191545Z 00000KT CAVOK 11 M03 Q1024 METAR Visibility Sky cover VFR Clear IFR Few Scattered Broken Overcast LOBK Issue Time Airport Wx 191730z Figure 31 Airport weather example Description The airport weather overlay presents three respective four pieces of weather information about the terminal area around airport including 1 Meteorological Terminal Air Report METAR Special report of forecast SPECI 2 Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service D ATIS 3 Terminal Aerodrome Forecast TAF METAR METAR is a format for transmitting observational weather data in the terminal airspace area METARs typically come from airports or permanent weather obser
14. ax e Intel Dynamic platform and Thermal Framework Settings Config TDP level on max e Processor power management minimum processor state to 100 Processor power management system cooling policy to active Page 29 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 Appendix A Weather Products Descriptions 5 1 Weather observations Issue time of observations should be near to the time when observation was taken However it strongly depends on data provider and can differ on individual weather product CAUTION Do not use observation weather products for tactical purposes during flight 5 1 1 Viewing radar observation Radar Light RI Moderate T Severe ssue Time Radar 221622Z Figure 27 Weather radar observation Description Ground based meteorological radar stations provide information about location of precipitation and its intensity The meteorological radar product overlay presents information about the observed maximum reflectivity on each grid point in three severity levels i e composite weather radar image reflectivity is dependent on number and size of cloud particles and hence the precipitation intensity can be deduced from the measured reflectivity The areas with low medium or severe reflectivity are filled with solid green yellow or red colour RTCA DO 267A representing the severity and overlaid on the lateral map according to the rules listed in table belo
15. by white line on Vertical profile window Vertical profile of flight plan is depicted by thick white poly line on vertical profile window Only selected 3D weather forecast products can be shown on vertical profile by adequate color which is matching legend on lateral map These are Icing CB Tops CAT forecasts Page 28 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 4 Limitations Weather Information Service application cannot currently receive and depict approximated aircraft position Connectivity from aircraft is limited to TCP IP protocol No ACARS interface is currently available Historical data of METAR product is currently not available only newest METAR data are displayed 4 1 Networking When working within a corporate VPN connect first to any website via any internet browser then connection to GDC from WIS will work This is to enable the app to go through proxy server When available WIS application uses TCP IP AMQP protocol communication Note WIS application uses host copper qa mygdc com port 5671 4 2 Power Plan Settings for Windows Devices If you are using Windows tablet like Iconia W700 power plan has to be changed to High Performance for both plugged and unplugged situation Furthermore this High Performance power plan has to be further adjusted via Advanced power settings for the High Performance plan e Intel Graphics Settings Intel Graphics Powerplan to m
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17. des marked times representing the highest granularity of the data of weather observations Radar i e 5 min The marker is white if data is available for the selected products at that time The marker is grey when the data is not available for the selected weather products at that time mm Figure 14 Observation time slider in disabled state Figure 15 Observation time slider presenting the most recent data Figure 16 Observation time slider presenting not the most recent data The slider is a solid circle By default when no observation product is selected the slider is disabled Figure 14 When enabled it can be either white or green colored based to indicate whether the effectivity of the selected time falls within the current time period green color Figure 15 or not white color Figure 16 1 User has to select from observations menu radar and or satellite observation METAR is not controlled by time controller it has no historical overview 2 The user may select a specific time in the weather history to be viewed in the view pane by swiping the slider or by selecting it by tapping specific time Page 20 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 When the current time is selected the time is snapped to the current time and the time selection will automatically move with the current time in order to present always the most recent data Note Whole hours are marked
18. e description of issue time of each product Note The window is removed when no weather product is selected CAUTION Although the application displays only products which are effective at time selected the use of the data for decision making is significantly influenced by the issue time in case of forecast products Reliability of forecast is lower when difference between issue time and forecast time based on selection on forecast time slider is bigger 3 1 6 Zoom Control The Zoom Control is located on the left side of the main screen and provides zoom in and zoom out functionality as shown in figure belowError Reference source not found 1 User can do stepwise zoom in or zoom out by tapping or buttons 2 User can smoothly zoom in or zoom out by sliding the marble of controller 3 User can smoothly zoom in or zoom out by Pinch to Zoom gesture on map area of touch Screen Figure 20 Zoom Controller Page 22 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 1 7 Map scale Due to used map projection it is impossible to use a range indicator so linear scale is used instead Purpose if the linear scale on map is to visually indicate current scale of a map It is located on the right bottom of map CAUTION Linear scale is valid only at a place where it is displayed due to used plate carr e map projection 1 Minimal range is displayed when map is zoomed to maximal zoom level and displays 20n
19. e interval for which data from the selected products is missing 22 30z 01 30z AA I e oeoe vo lbAGL i Figure 18 Color indication of unavailable forecast CAUTION The Forecast slider controls time for every forecast products except for SIGMETs SIGMET weather forecast is only relevant for current time CAUTION Do not combine past historical observations with future forecasted data on one map overlay displayed situation is then for different timeframes 3 1 5 Issue time window Issue time window is a displayed window located at the bottom right corner of the view pane It includes information about product issue time for the currently selected weather products at selected time on time slider s In other words it shows recency of the data Page 21 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 An example of the data issue time window is presented in figure below ssue Time Icing FCST 110900z Satellite 111500z Figure 19 Issue time window example 1 User has to select any weather product from observation or forecast menu issue time window will display time of when was selected weather product issued 2 The issue time is presented with six digits day in month hour minute Issue time is in zulu time zone Note Issue time is different for observations and forecasts and might have slightly different meaning see chapter description of wx products where is comprehensiv
20. e overlaid on the map in a fixed grid format The grid density does not change with the zoom level Coverage global multiple flight levels Page 39 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 3 Viewing Clear air turbulence forecast r CAT FCST Mod Sev potential Low Medium High Issue Time CAT FCST 2700007 Figure 35 Clear air turbulence forecast example Description CAT represents the turbulent movement of air masses in the absence of any visual cues such as clouds and is caused when bodies of air moving at widely different speeds meet 3D product The atmospheric region most susceptible to clear air turbulence is the high troposphere at altitudes of around FL230 FL390 at point where it meets the tropopause At the high altitudes the clear air turbulence is most frequently encountered in the regions of jet streams At the lower altitudes it may also occur near mountain ranges Clear air turbulence can be also indicated by thin cirrus cloud CAT forecast product presents information about the potential for encountering medium to severe CAT WAFC Maximum CAT in a selected flight level in up to three potential levels on the map Note The potential for encountering CAT presented to the user is determined by selected a threshold level or up to three threshold levels Turbulence specific thresholds for determining severity levels of turbulence are listed below Value means potent
21. e shows time when radar image is completely processed and therefore there is time lag between observed situation of precipitation and issue time CAUTION Although such situations are not believed to be typical in extreme latency and mosaic creation scenarios the actual age of the oldest NEXRAD data in the mosaic can EXCEED the age indication in the cockpit by 15 to 20 minutes Page 32 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 1 2 Viewing Satellite observation a n B NEL t 4 FL110 FL200 FL210 FL300 FL310 FL400 Se FL410 EI Issue Time Satellite 221609Z Figure 30 Satellite observation Description The Satellite cloud top is the highest altitude of the visible portion of the cloud The satellite derived cloud top height overlay presents information about the estimated cloud top height in four FL level intervals above FL110 according to the rules listed in table below on the map Estimated cloud top height is computed from measured brightness temperature and forecasted vertical situation display of temperature Brightness temperature is derived from satellite IR channel and temperature profile forecast is obtained from numerical weather prediction model Cloud tops higher than flight level 110 are represented as solid areas filled with three gradients of grey color and white color the brighter the color is the higher are the cloud tops All clouds higher than FL410
22. ed upon tapping on the TAF button in the toggle panel Only TAF which is effective with respect to the current UTC time is presented No TAF history is available If no TAF was uplinked a text saying No valid TAF available is presented under TAF tab The header of TAF includes only TAF label as no history is available for TAFs Page 36 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 Weather forecasts Issue time information visible in lower right corner of window of forecast means issue time of weather data from WAFC centers WIS application shows actual forecasts issued 6h or more before WAFC met offices London Washington computation time of forecast data is 6h in advance before the first forecast become valid So data are e g issued at 6am and first forecast becomes valid for 12am from 10 30am to 1 30pm Issue time is not validity time user does not need to care about validity of the displayed data the application displays only data valid for the selected time on forecast time controller See 3 1 4 Page 37 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 1 Viewing CB tops forecast Cb TopsFCST FL210 FL300 FL310 FL400 FL410 Issue Time Cb TopsFCST 260600Z Figure 33 CB tops forecast example Description Cb tops represents a special category of clouds with a significant vertical extent Such clouds are usually associated wit
23. from the WIS website https www mygdc com new static wis php Follow standard windows installation setup procedure Once the application has been installed deploy the license file provided by WIS Account Services to enable online data update functionality Weather Information Service Customer Support Customer Support information is available on WIS website https www mygdc com new static wis php An electronic version of this publication is available on the Honeywell Pilot Gateway The Pilot Gateway can be accessed via Https pilots honeywell com or through the iOS and Android apps available in the Apple App Store Page 6 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Acronyms and terminology CAT Clear Air Turbulence Cb Cumulonimbus cloud S S cpt Captain SS dB2 ecibelsof2 SS S DD Display Device S S European Aviation Safety Agency EB Electronic Flight Bag S O FO First Officer 00000000 SS FIR Flight Information Region A o FLO Pightkevel S FMC Flight Management Computer 0 FMS Flight Management System 0000000000000 FPIN S Flight Management System FPLN Flight plan Flightplan A AP IV D w GDC Global Data Center S GDW si goDirect Weather application o SSS HF Human Factors gt HON Honeywell X tt A ICAO H ks 22O2dean QD AU 7 z9Cm9 BA MP JMiesprinh 0000000 Cy Ae CU Utm
24. h complex highly convective vertical nimbus storm clouds with potential to produce moderate to heavy precipitation and may represent a safety hazard for an aircraft The Cb tops presents the user with information about the forecasted Cb top height WAFC Cb Cloud Top Height in three FL intervals at specified potential above FL210 may be customized The potential for encountering the Cb top is determined by the defined threshold level Coverage global Note CB tops weather forecast is 2D product presented as one layer on map so it is not affected by selected flight level in FL selector see 3 1 3 Note Default threshold level of Cb horizontal extent entire atmosphere is set to 40 by default By recommendation of ICAO 50 CBHE is threshold value from which can be convection markable Example If there is convection top in FL410 and CBHE hor extent is 30 less than default threshold then convection output value is set to O FL Legend Color Transp interval Cb tops lower than FL210 210 300 Cb tops in FL210 300 Grey gradient 2 40 310 400 Cb tops in FL310 400 Grey gradient 3 4096 Cb tops higher than FLA10 White 40 Page 38 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 2 Viewing Winds aloft forecast v i 19 Wind FCST 5 kts 10 kts N 50 kts BACA 50 100 kts M 100 kts Issue Time Winds FCST 2700002 Figure 34 Winds aloft example Descript
25. ial of turbulence in percentage Threshold for low severity CAT potential 5 Threshold for medium severity CAT potential 2 996 Threshold for high severity CAT potential 12 Coverage global multiple flight levels 3D product Threshold Legend Color Transp Sample _ O NoCAT potential Low CAT potential 60 Medium CAT potential High CAT potential Page 40 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 4 Viewing Icing potential forecast anre Mod Sev Issue Time Icing FCST 270000Z Figure 36 Icing potential forecast example Description Icing conditions are atmospheric conditions that may lead to the formation of water ice on the objects surfaces In flight airframe icing occurs when super cooled water freezes on impact with any part of the external structure of an aircraft during flight Although the nominal freezing point of water is 0 C water in the atmosphere does not always freeze at that temperature and often exists as a super cooled liquid If the surface temperature of an aircraft structure is below zero then moisture within the atmosphere may turn to ice as an immediate or secondary consequence of contact The proportion of such super cooled water decreases as the static air temperature drops until by about 40 C This is also why the aircraft operating in lower altitudes are mostly affected by in flight icing conditions Icing product is a forecas
26. inistrator you should have received email from business department or whoever is in contact with Honeywell company with zip file in attachment Zip file contains list of individual license files One particular file shall be distributed on concrete device iPad Windows tablet Manual distribution When installing on iPad connect target device put individual file in device s application Documents see previous chapter Name of the license file has to be changed to WINNLicense lic When installing on Windows connect target device put individual file in directory where is WIS application installed e g c Program Files x86 Weather Information service WINNClient Name of the license file has to be changed to WINNLicense lic Page 13 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Running the 2 1 3 and selecting the desired weather products from the Observations and Forecasts menus users can load flight plan adjust map overlays and views and use the tools included in WIS Detailed description of application is in following sub chapters 3 1 2 Main Menu The menu area located in the upper part of the screen is organized as follows on table below FPLN Load Opens the Load Route dialog from local directory folder or from remote GDC database Removes the flight plan from map operation is confirmed by confirmation dialog Uplink Wx Update now sends request for updating weather command confir
27. intervals determine how often are individual weather products updated on ground GDC database Note Update interval rate depends on weather data provider at GDC Observations Radar update interval rate 5 mins maximally 3 hrs into history until now Satellite update interval rate 15 mins maximally 3 hrs into history until now METAR update interval rate 1hour maximally 3 hrs into history until now Forecasts All WAFC forecasts except SIGMETs have update interval 3hrs from actual time forecast until 24h forecast in future SIGMET update interval 5 mins only currently valid SIGMETs are presented 3 4 Showing Map Overlays The Map Overlays tab on the Main menu provides selectable checkboxes for overlaying Airports Nav Aids Waypoints and Terrain on the main screen map Zooming in or out on the map will change the level of detail that each of these overlays provide see chapter Map for more details 1 Select Map Overlays in Main Menu 2 Select or deselect checkboxes for viewing Airports Navaids Waipoints or Terrain 3 Map will show selected layers on map based on level of detail when zooming 3 5 Using Tools The Tools tab on the Navigation Bar provides access to the manual iPad version only and Vertical Profile tools 3 5 1 Showing manual 1 Select the Manual from Tools main menu 2 PDF version of this manual is shown by system PDF viewer Note Windows version manual is accessible also from start me
28. ion The winds aloft product presents information about the forecasted speed and direction of winds WAFC Upper Wind amp Temp in a selected flight level on the map 3D product Wind direction and speed is coded with traditional wind barbs The direction is represented by the orientation of the whole wind barb and the speed is represented by the shape size and number of barbs The shape and size coding of the wind speed is presented in The user needs to count up the amount of the wind barbs of different shapes assign them with the relevant meaning to obtain the final wind speed Even though the final value of the wind speed is one number it actually represents an interval of a speed each wind barb needs to be interpreted as 2 kts above and below the wind speed represented by the wind barb to reflect the forecast uncertainty Speed Legend Symbol increment Speed increment of 5 kts E 10 kts Speed increment of 10 kts Mu 50 kts Speed increment of 50 kts INI Note Color is used to facilitate identification of areas with similar wind speeds Three intervals of wind speeds are coded with three gradients of blue color according to rules listed in table be pw Speed Legend Color interval lt 50 kts Winds speed below 50 kts Blue gradient 1 214 222 251 50 100 kts Winds speed 50 100 kts Blue gradient 2 1 255 128 255 gt 100 kts Winds speed above 150 kts Blue gradient 3 E 255 0 255 The wind barbs ar
29. lon flight level always on one line You can prepare your own flight plan and load it into INSTALL DIRECTORY WINNClient Data After app is restarted the app will find the new usr flight plan and can load it Please do not use FMS and COMPANY tabs in Main menu FPLN gt Load iPad version CAUTION If you want to use locally stored flight plan on your iPad device please contact your airline IT administrator Loading manual user flight plans 1 Select the FPLN Load from the Main menu 2 Click on local tab and select user flight plan you want to load 3 Tap OK to confirm User flight plan will be visible and map will be centered to departure airport Page 25 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Load Route Remote DTA GAG KBFI KOAK KPHX KLAX LFBO EKCH Cancel Figure 25 Load user flight plan window 3 2 3 Clearing flight plan 1 Select the FPLN gt Clear from the Main menu 2 Confirm to clear flight plan from view of application Page 26 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 3 Updating and Changing Uplink Weather The Uplink Wx tab on the Menu provides options to update the weather change Uplink Weather settings 1 Goto main menu Uplink Wx gt Settings A step by step procedure for changing Uplink Weather Settings is provided in section 2 3 of this manual 3 3 1 Update intervals of weather products Update
30. m on equator 2 Maximal range is displayed when map is zoomed to minimal zoom level and displays 1500nm between 40 S 60 S of latitude 500nm Figure 21 Linear scale indicating current map scale 500nm 3 1 8 Showing legend Legend for individual weather products can be viable on map overlay in order to provide user the information about severity levels of displayed wx product Note Legend is dependent on selected weather products on the map overlay 1 Tap or click on the map where is displayed graphical overlay of weather product 2 Legend of weather product description is displayed leing FCST Mod Sey Tg Satellite a det FL110 FL200 E hie de FL210 FL300 FL310 FLao0 M FLoio Radar Light Moderate Severe Figure 22 Legend window 3 Tap once again on map area to hide legend Note Legend is shown only for weather products which has some observed or forecasted severity in area where user has tapped Page 23 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 CAUTION Legend shows semi transparent colors background terrain in legend is depicted for illustration purposes for forecast weather products On the other hand observation weather products are depicted by solid colors 3 2 Flight plan view Flight plan of given flight can be displayed on map overlay of WIS There are two sources to get flight plan into WIS application GESKA MEGAR
31. med by confirmation dialog for data update see chapter 3 3 Toggles display of Airports 3 1 3 Airports More items are displayed at higher zoom levels More details in 3 1 2 Toggles display of Nav Aids 3 1 4 Navaids Toggles display of Waypoints 3 1 5 Waypoints Toggles display of terrain on 3 1 6 Terrain map Tools Toggles display of Inspector 3 1 7 Inspector window Opens this application manual 3 1 8 Manual 3 1 9 Weather products selection 3 1 10 Observations Menu The Observations Menu is located in the bottom left corner of the main screen and allows users to select which weather observation products they want displayed on the map Available products are Radar Satellite and Airport Weather see appendix A for detailed description of wx products 3 1 11 Forecasts Menu The Forecasts Menu is located in the bottom right corner of the main screen and allows users to select which weather forecast products they want displayed on the map Available products are CB Tops FCST Winds FCST CAT FCST Icing FCST and SIGMET see appendix A for detailed description of wx products Page 14 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 1 1 Airport Search box The search box allows users to perform searching for an airport on map based on ICAO code The results of search are presented in a drop down list which contains results of search The user can select the airport in lis
32. nlantestidatedunta d Kopie utuntur ERI NU UTI R dU 37 5 2 2 Viewing Winds aloft forecast essssesssssssssssssseeseee nennen nennen nnne nennen nnne nnn nnns nnn nns 38 5 2 3 Viewing Clear air turbulence forecast ccccccseeeccceceeseeeeeeeaeeeeeeeesaaeeeeeeeesaeeeeeesseaeeeeeesaeseeeeeeas 39 5 2 4 Viewing Icing potential forecast cccccseecccceeseeeceeeeeceeeeeeeeaeeeeceaueeesseaeeessaeeeessadeeessaeeessnaeees 40 s m WOMANI CAINS c 41 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing Honeywell s Weather Information Service abbreviated as WIS further in the document graphical weather application Through WIS users receive graphical and textual weather reports and forecasts that can be used to improve situational awareness during the preflight and en route phases of flight Note Weather Information Service is not intended to be used as a tactical onboard weather radar display WIS navigation data is not intended to be used for aircraft navigation purposes WIS is to be used as a supplementary situational awareness aid only Weather Information Service iPad Application The WIS iPad Application is available for download from the Apple App store Once the application has been installed deploy the license file provided by WIS Account Services to enable data update functionality Weather Information Service Windows Application The WIS Windows Application is available for download and installation
33. ntly valid SIGMETSs at all flight levels are presented since SIGMET overlay is not influenced by the Time Controller or FL Selector Coverage global Page 44 March 2015
34. nu icon shortcut Page 27 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 5 2 Using Vertical Profile Vertical Profile tool shows a vertical slice of available weather information along the previously loaded flight plan E Issue Time CAT FCST 181200z 4 E Cb Tops FCST 191200z FL Selector s Icing FCST 191200z Radar AUS 191748z Radar EUR 191758z E Radar US 191800z Icing FCST no data above FL290 n e Satellite 191753z Dbservations A 150 NM 18 00z 18 20z 16 30z 19 30z 19 MAR KPHX THOMM HAPPN SILOW FLG GCN PGS BUGGA DIKES EMMEY TOD CIVET PFILA HL FL500 nt cee ee ee oe J Icing FCST Cb Tops FCST FL350 ERR CATFCST FL190 480 NM 420 NM 360 NM 300 NM Figure 26 Vertical profile 1 Selecting Vertical from the Tools tab on the Main menu 2 Vertical profile is then visible on bottom of application window Description Vertical profile is available only when flight plan is loaded Tap the Vertical profile area and move left or right to move vertical profile window to see detail of vertical slice of flight plan On upper horizontal scale is list of visible waypoints along flight On lower horizontal scale is distance to go in nautical miles Qn vertical scale is lowest limit of flight level at bottom and highest limit of fligt level at top In between these values is currently selected value of flight level in white box which is depicted
35. o 0a O amp PM JPietMontorng S PMO i Project Management Offices o PSI Potentially Shippable Increments oo SOP Standard Operating Procedure TOD TopOf Descent ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization T Top Of Descent WIS Weather Information Service S TC CAT Cb CPT dBZ EFB F O FIR FL FMC FMS GDC GDW HF HON Kts MPI PF PM PMO PSI OP AF FR OD WIS Page 7 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 2 Getting Started 2 1 Downloading and Installing Weather Information Service 2 1 1 iPad installation The Weather Information Service iPad Application is available for download from the Apple App store Open the App Store and search for Weather Information Service Select the Honeywell Weather Information Service application and Install The installed app will appear on one of the iPad home screens 2 1 2 Windows installation Follow procedure mentioned in introduction section Download Windows installation package from WIS website https www mygdc com new static wis php Double click exe file to run installation and follow standard Windows installation setup procedure Once application is installed you can run it from desktop icon Weather Information Service 2 1 3 License deployment for Weather Information Service application Normally airline IT administrator is responsible for license deployment on u
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37. port e Minor when the airport s longest runway has length less than 6 000 feet or any civil or joint airport 3 1 2 7 Navaids VOR DME NDB e Terminal navaids are excluded only enroute navaids are presented on map overlay e Navaids used in flight plan follows different de clutter rules than navaids not used in flight plan e Navaids are visible on more detailed zoom level when zoomed out navaids are unvisible 3 1 2 8 Waypoints e Terminal waypoints are excluded only enroute navaids are presented on map overlay e Waypoints are presented as a star symbol figure below on map or as an dot at lower zoom level e Waypoints are visible on more detailed zoom level when zoomed out navaids are unvisible BASYE O d CMK ANNEI BAYYS FZOOL i KHVN LEMOR ESJAY MICAL DENNA o RYMES Q BREZY pueys ppPOSWL C ALIXX KEDR BAWLL COATE SAX WANVA DBABE QS KHPN DUTTE pPRENO BELTT 12N EU t TRI 741341 FAMMA E KEYED SIW JOHNE ARMMS Sey ODALE PUGGS ccc Mq LATTE JAFFY A 0 i Q oS JR DUNEUS CEPM PAZTA ie oF JOKMI E KLGA FR d Q JOELE oNEMMU MA IW gt E KENO T CAT KEWR 5 O agN MCAB KSMQ Q LG KJFK on s Qr RT oF DIRMY KLDJ APPLE 47N ie N51 o BONIE REN BALDE CASUB 1 2 gt BWZ Erick BEAl DUDDA BEDYA ZACHS WULUG RICED OGY k S i DVETO CREEL ae JERYY 5 COL gt DUNEE N87 RBV Oe BORKE om FATON SATES EMJAY THROP PLUM
38. r Manual V1 0 0 3 1 2 1 Geopolitical map The geopolitical lateral map is the main viewer for the geo referenced weather products and their relative position according to the flight plan state borders land and oceanic areas terrain and navigation database data The lateral map shows in default e Political borders not selectable e Orography selectable e Airports selectable e Navaids selectable e Waypoints selectable 3 1 2 2 Update of navigation data Navigation data contains information name position about airports navaids waypoints These data are periodically updated from GDC ground database and depends on AIRAC cycle period NOTE If navigation data are going to be outdated and new set of data is available on the server dialog for confirming navigation data uplink is displayed see figure Figure 7 CAUTION Do not update navigation data when connected in flight with low bandwidth connectivity e g ACARS Data size is about 2 3MB and therefore data transfer might be expensive for airline New AIRAC navigation database available Download now Yes Figure 7 AIRAC navigation database uplink 3 1 2 3 Terrain and oceanic areas The lateral map shows land and oceanic areas In the terrain off mode the land and oceanic areas are displayed using two colors according to the rules listed in table below Land Ocean Geopolitical border An example of the map with terrain switch off is sho
39. r information required by the pilots such as important Notice to Airmen NOTAM D ATIS is updated in fixed intervals or when there is a significant change in the information like a change in the active runway D ATIS text message is shown in source text format NEW YORK JOHN F KENNEDY INTL METAR BAms TAF 7 KJFK JFK ATIS INFO Z 15517 34003KT 55M ER SCTO10 OVC260 02 00 A3020 THREE ZERO TWO ZERO APPROACH IN USE ILS RY 31R ILS RY 31L DEPG RY 31L INT KE 10900 FT AVBL NOTAMS RUNWAY 13R 31L PATCHY 1 4 INCH WET SNOW DE ICED SOLID 12 INCH SNOW BANKS RUNWAY 13L 31R PATCHY 1 4 INCH WET SNOW DE ICED SOLID AND SANDED 12 INCH SNOW BANKS ALL TAXIWAYS 1 2 INCH SLUSH DE ICED SOLID 12 INCH SNOW BANKS BA ADZYS IN EFCT RWY amp R 22L CLSD RWY 4L 22R CLSD SOUTHEAST PORTION OF RWY 31L 3243 FEET CLSD TWY MB TURNOFF CLSD TWY M TURNOFF CLSD TWY L TURNOFF CLSD TWY M D TURNOFF CLSD TWY PE TURNOFF CLSD JFK DEICING PLAN IN EFCT CONTACT COMPANY OPS FOR DEP SEQ TIME BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT NUM CRANES OPERATING AT JFK READBACK ALL RWY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS ADVS YOU HAVE INFO Z Figure 32 DATIS example TAF TAF is a format for reporting weather forecast information Generally TAFs apply to a 24 or 30 hour period and an area within approximately five statute miles from the center of an airport runway complex TAFs complement and use similar encoding to METAR reports Only text TAF information is present
40. rmation piece SIGMETS are issued when a significant weather phenomenon reaches certain intensity or it covers areas reaching pre defined threshold or both at the same time SIGMET is a text information which comprises of several pieces of information including SIGMET issue office report type issue date expiration time phenomena description and location The precision of the SIGMET localization differs across Flight Information Regions issuing SIGMETs Note While in the Federal Aviation Authority FAA airspaces the localization of SIGMETs is quite precise in definition of the boundaries where the significant weather can be encountered in Europe it is typically associated with the whole Flight Information Region FIR Two categories of SIGMETs are recognized based on the location of the issuing office 1 Conterminous US CONUS SIGMETs a US Convective SIGMET issued for CONUS b Non convective SIGMET issued for CONUS 2 International SIGMETs Non convective SIGMETs include e Severe icing not associated with thunderstorms e Severe or extreme turbulence or CAT not associated with thunderstorms e Widespread dust storms or sandstorms lowering surface visibilities to below 3 miles e Volcanic ash In Alaska and Hawaii SIGMETs are also issued for e Tornadoes e Lines of thunderstorms squall line e Embedded thunderstorms Page 42 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 e Hail greater than or eq
41. ser s EFB tablet Whenever manual installation is required proceed with following information License is required to enable online data update functionality Manual license deployment a You should have received license file email iTunes other channel like shared drive from your airline IT or business department If not please contact responsible persons for installation b If you ve received license file winnlic extension by email double click to an attachment select WIS application to open such file WIS application shall associate license file with itself c After the successful license deployment you can see license file in WIS application Documents c a Sign Inv g iPad Home Screens Summary Apps J Music H manes Automatically install new iPad TV Shows i y Photos Info File Sharing MM The apps listed below can transfer documents between your iPad and this computer El Movies Apps Go Direct Weather Documents WINNLicense lic prone P gt Go Direct Weather AR Books rene Audiobooks L Tones 51 79 GB Free Sync Figure 1 iTunes of WIS application Page 8 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 2 License deplyoment via iTunes License deployment by airline IT administrator As airline IT administrator you should have received email from business department or whoever is in cont
42. support agreement a Honeywell Service Center agreement or an authorized repair facility agreement Honeywell hereby grants you a limited non exclusive license to use these Materials to operate maintain or repair Honeywell aerospace products only in accordance with that agreement If you are a direct recipient of these Materials from Honeywell s Aerospace Technical Publication Distribution and are not a party to an agreement related to the operation maintenance or repair of Honeywell aerospace products Honeywell hereby grants you a limited non exclusive license to use these Materials to maintain or repair the subject Honeywell aerospace products only at the facility to which these Materials have been shipped the Licensed Facility Transfer of the Materials to another facility owned by you is permitted only if the original Licensed Facility retains no copies of the Materials and you provide prior written notice to Honeywell 2 Rights In Materials Honeywell retains all rights in these Materials and in any copies thereof that are not expressly granted to you including all rights in patents copyrights trademarks and trade secrets No license to use any Honeywell trademarks or patents is granted under this License Agreement 3 Confidentiality You acknowledge that these Materials contain Page 2 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 March 2015 information that is confidential and proprietary to Hone
43. t is Intended only for situational awareness Figure 3 Disclaimer dialog Tap OK to confirm After confirmation of disclaimer user is prompted to select area and weather products for downloading weather data Page 10 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Uplink Wx Settings Auto Update Settings AAcMoM AHAAHM Wx OBS w Auto Update Smin v MAET ED Area soe C Satellite PIREP wW METAR Wx FEST W Cb Tops FCST w Wind FCST v CAT FCST v Icing FCST v SIGMET Total estimated data to uplink 114kB Cancel OK Figure 4 Uplink settings window Select the tiles in the Area section to define the weather uplink coverage area as shown in Figure 4 Tiles turn green when selected Select the desired Wx OBS weather observation and Wx FCST weather forecast products on the right side of the screen Select time interval in past history for observations or in future for forecasts for which you want to download data of selected product Select auto update interval for which will be data repeatedly requested Confirm your changes tap OK NOTE Settings for weather uplink can be invoked from main menu Uplink Wx Settings CAUTION Uplink of weather data is not initiated right after the confirmation it depends on auto update option If user wants to perform immediate uplink select Uplink Wx gt Uplink now from main menu
44. t that presents information about the potential for encountering the parameter The potential for encountering Icing presented to the user is determined by selected threshold level Note Default threshold for determining icing potential is 7096 Coverage global multiple flight levels 3D product Severity levels moderate severe severity light blue Threshold Legend 1 Color Transp Sample R_ G B B No Icing potential Moderate severe Icing Blue 40 24 173 255 potential Page 41 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 5 2 5 Viewing SIGMETs GMMC 191703 GMMM SIGMET A2 VALID 191700 191900 GMMC Rom GMMM CASABLANCA FIR EMBD TS SIGMET OBS LINE N2915 W00757 N3147 UAE REM 3535 W00627 N3313 W00439 N3330 W00442 TOP FL330 MOV NE NC Figure 37 SIGMETs example Description Significant Meteorological Information SIGMET is information issued by a meteorological watch office concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified en route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations of all aircraft in the region Although SIGMET is not a typical forecast product because it includes both forecasts and observations it is treated as a forecast product SIGMET usually includes information about forecasted time validity of the weather phenomena even for the observed products Observed confirmed phenomena include a forecast info
45. t to be presented on map application will get centered on selected airport User can use auto complete function based on typed first two letters of ICAO code of airport Figure 6 Airport search box 3 1 2 Map 5 17 The Map covers the majority of the main screen and allows users to Pinch to Zoom Pan and Scroll and Tap to Select gestures of touch screen similar to how most tablet based applications function The map can also be controlled by a mouse or track ball on applicable devices For more information about using these features on a specific device consult that device s user manual The lateral map is used for geo referencing of the weather products to facilitate users awareness and comprehension of the spatial location of a given weather phenomena with respect to navigation cues Note The lateral map uses plate carr e projection also known as equirectangular projection or the equidistant cylindrical projection It has implication for showing scale see chapter 3 1 7 The lateral map also increases the users comprehension of why certain phenomena occurs at given locations with respect to the orography e g occurrence of CAT mountain obscuration etc In order to allow the high level functions described above the lateral map includes e Political borders e Orography e Airports e Navaids e Wayoints e Flight plan if available Page 15 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service Use
46. ual to 3 4 inch in diameter A convective SIGMET may be issued for any convective situation that the forecaster feels is hazardous to all categories of aircraft Any convective SIGMET implies severe or greater turbulence severe icing and low level wind shear Convective SIGMETs include severe thunderstorm due to e Surface winds greater than or equal to 50 knots e Hail at the surface greater than or equal to 3 4 inches in diameter e Tornadoes e Embedded thunderstorms e Aline of thunderstorms squall line e Thunderstorms producing precipitation greater than or equal to heavy precipitation affecting 40 percent or more of an area at least 3 000 square miles The criteria for issuing international SIGMETs are e Thunderstorms occurring in lines embedded in clouds or in large areas producing tornadoes or large hail e Tropical cyclones e Severe icing e Severe or extreme turbulence e Dust storms and sandstorms lowering visibilities to less than 3 miles e Volcanic ash SIGMET graphic SIGMET graphic presents information about the area for which an issued SIGMET is applicable and SIGMET type in a symbolic form The SIGMET symbols are assumed to help the users to search multiple SIGMETs on the display and to facilitate identification of the SIGMETs of interest The text label SIGMET which is positioned in the centre of the greatest incircle of SIGMET area is accompanied with a SIGMET symbol and SIGMET vertical extent The SIGMET symbol
47. vation stations Reports are generated once an hour or half hour but if conditions change significantly a report known as a special report forecast SPECI may be issued Airport weather comprises of two components 1 METAR graphic 2 Airport weather text METAR D ATIS and TAF METAR graphic The graphic airport weather information presents the user with visibility sky cover and winds direction and speed at an airport in symbolic form on map included in the METAR text message The visibility conditions are presented with a color coding of the whole symbol the sky cover is presented with a modification of the fill of the symbol and winds heading and speed is presented using a wind barb When SPECI is issued for an airport a text label SPECIAL is presented below the airport symbol The coding of airport visibility is provided in Table 1 coding of sky cover is provided in Table 2 and coding of wind winds is provided in winds aloft chapter Note When only METAR graphic overlay is selected for presentation without displaying the airport map overlay only graphic METAR graphic is presented at the location of an airport When no METAR data is available at an airport standard airport symbol is presented on map Page 34 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Table 1 Overview of the airport visibility states ft AGL s m V 1to 3 500 999 1 to 3 LIFR lt 500 1 Red
48. w DBZ Legend s Color Sample No precipitation 20 30 Low precipitation Gren J 30 40 Moderate precipitation Yellow Severe precipitation Red o N A No radar coverage 40 black transparent Coverage North America core EU Australia with coverage information Hawai Alaska without coverage information The areas not covered with ground meteorological radar installations are presented as 40 black transparent overlay The color and shape coding will be accompanied with a text label No Radar coverage as presented in Figure 28 Page 30 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 No Radar coverage No Radar coverage Figure 28 Meteorological radar product overlay with data coverage indication example The areas for which information about the meteorological radar coverage is missing Alaska Hawai are are presented as 40 black transparent overlay and accompanied with label Limited Radar coverage An example is presented in figure below _ information available FPLN w UplinkWx w Map Overlays v Tools Search No Radar coverage information available Figure 29 Depiction of areas with missing information about the radar coverage boundaries Page 31 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Issue time Displayed issue time is near to observation however is dependent on processing of radar data Displayed tim
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50. wn in Figure 8 Page 16 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 Figure 8 Map with terrain off example If the terrain is switched on the color coding for the oceanic areas remains the same as in the terrain off mode but colors used for presenting the land areas change to display the terrain elevation An example of the map with terrain switch on is shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Map with terrain switched on Page 17 March 2015 Honeywell Weather Information Service User Manual V1 0 0 3 1 2 4 Zoom Levels Pinch to zoom in and out gesture is used to zoom in and out the map Alternatively it is possible to use plus and minus buttons or marble on the zoom indicator See chapter 3 1 6 3 1 2 5 Map De clutter A de cluttering scheme is implemented for navigation cues based on the zoom level de cluttering schemes for weather products is not part of this chapter While a de cluttering scheme based on the zoom level is proposed here it is assumed that the main de cluttering will be performed by the user by selecting and de selecting map overlays and weather products layers 3 1 2 6 Airports Airports are divided into the following categories e Major when the airport has at least two runways with length equal or greater than 6 000 feet and it is a civil or joint airport e Medium when the airport has exactly one runway with length equal or greater than 6 000 feet and it is a civil air
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