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3.10.0 Trajectory Display
The IDV can display a variety of flavors of trajectory data - aircraft tracks, ships, buoys, etc.

  1. If other displays and data are already loaded, select the Edit->Remove All Displays and Data menu item or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out.
  2. Load some aircraft track data.
    • Open the Data Source Chooser. Show popup
    • In the Data Source Chooser click on the Files tab.
    • Go to the point data directory: /data/idv/trajectory/.
    • Select track.nc
    • Under the Data Source Type pulldown menu, select "Track files"
    • Press Add Source
  3. Create the display
    • In the Fields panel open the Track node and select Dew/Frost Point Temperature.
    • In the Displays select Track Colored By Parameter and press Create Display
  4. Add a background image to see where this track is with the Displays->Maps and Backgrounds->Add Background Image menu item.
  5. Leave the data source and display as is.

 


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