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"True" Pan and Zoom Interface.
We now offer "true" Pan
and Zoom capabilities. Now, after “building” an image with several tracking
selections…you can zoom in, zoom out, or move the map. Regardless, all
of your tracking selections remain!
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"Information
tab" style interface. This allows the user to create and view
data easier than ever before. Selecting this hyperlink will download a
1 meg animated gif that illustrates this new capability.
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Integration with
Google Earth. This function provides
the ability to export just about all of the system graphics and display them
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Native Google Earth support.
In addition to the graphics interface below, this function export KML
(Google Earth's native language) that represents a significant number of a
storm's observed and forecast parameters.
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Expanded Google Earth Information.
In addition to the LARGE
amount of hurricane information that the user is able to export from the
HURRTRAK system, you can also
superimpose National Weather Service information on the same
Google Earth “image”.
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Summary Report Google Earth Export with live web
cams
With the summary report
export, you have the ability to view a "live" web cam image of the
location being analyzed! The system is pre-loaded with about 100 web cams
links. Alternatively, you may choose to override these locations and define
your own live or static images!
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Expanded Historical Storm Databases.
The system has
all storm databases from 1851 to 2007. They are accessible from the main
tracking program (i.e. not just the History module).
The wind radii data is estimated for storms from 1851-1980
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Damage Comments.
The summary impact report which details
expected wind speeds for locations has a damage comment column which
describes the likely damage using either the Saffir-Simpson scale or a
modified Texas Tech University scale.
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Wind Pattern graphic which shows the wind field pattern around the
storm. |
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Animated
Wind Pattern graphic. Same idea as above but now it can be
animated. |
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Support of
National Hurricane Center Wind
Probabilities |
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Multi-colored wind arrows showing the storm's
wind vectors. |
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Forecast Eye diameter control. This
improves the accuracy of all wind impact calculations
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Non-Location based Summary reports.
These reports have been expanded to allow for storm only based reports.
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Custom Summary reports. User's can
define the sections of the report they would like to include/exclude.
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Chart Note display
improvements. Chart notes can be displayed manually using drag and
drop. (links show short video of this function)
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Outlook Email
enhancement whereby the user can save the Hurrtrak initiated email to the
drafts folder (to be sent) instead of sending directly from HURRTRAK. |
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National Mosaic Radar can now be used as a
background tracking map
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Integration with
Microsoft's EXCEL system. This function provides the ability to export all reports and tables to EXCEL in
order to do further analysis.
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Significant
advancements in wind estimation techniques by analyzing a storm's position
every 30 minutes instead of once an hour. |
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Forecast rainfall
has been added to the base impact report (on main tab) as well as the
alerts, summary and location and county forecast impact report . |
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Depiction of eye
and eye wall during animation sequence. |
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Enhanced SLOSH
report that allows a user to create a report for any location group |
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Enhanced eye wall
depiction allowing several varieties of eye wall transparency |
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Spell Checker in
English or Spanish. Never send another email to your boss with
spelling error |
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Desktop Satellite
(tm) function that will keep a current satellite image on your Windows
Desktop
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Forecast Model
display program that shows all of the current forecast model tracks, even
when there are no named tropical systems. |
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Cross Wind Analysis
shows the cross wind component of sustained winds and gusts across
runways. |
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Average error ONLY forecast track.
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Highly detailed Pan and Zoom maps
which allow user to go down to the street level |
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Twenty Six Highly
Detailed Fixed Tracking Charts, now also in 1400x1048
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The ability to create fixed custom
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Ability to show counties and
roadways on all tracking charts (US) |
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Satellite Image Map
Tracking. This allows the user to access satellite images as the
tracking map background. |
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Radar Image Map
Tracking. This allows the user to access NWS radar images as the
tracking map background.
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Sea Surface
Temperature Image Map Tracking. This allows the user to utilize a
choice of SST images as the tracking map background. |
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Landsat Image Tracking Charts. This allows
the user to view the storm track on fixed Landsat satellite images.
Provides a great way to see what land type usage is being impacted. |
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Topographical Tracking Charts. This allows the
user to view the storm track on topographical type maps. Useful in
determining what kind of terrain a storm is encountering or forecast to pass
over. |
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Display NHC forecast path
or NHC forecast path with average error on
any chart |
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Support of National Hurricane Center's 96 and 120 hour forecast
including estimation of storm's wind fields at those extended forecast
hours..
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Color Coded Storm Tracks. Not a big deal
but now you can have the storm track be color coded by storm strength.
Color are user definable. |
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Animate the storms past and
forecasted motion |
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Accurate graphical representation of the storm's eye, destructive eyewall, 34, 50 and 64 knot winds and wind
field. |
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Sophisticated, climatology
based forecast |
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Display hurricane forecast model
tracks on any tracking chart |
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Display "Chart Notes"
indicating the storm's observed data |
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Display the areas of hurricane and tropical
storm watches and warnings |
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Display the storms past and forecast wind band analysis.
Now with up to 10 levels. |
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Ability to display multiple
storm tracks |
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Display National Weather Service
forecast precipitation information on any tracking chart or county
thematic map |
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Display maximum forecast wind and
precipitation forecast on county based thematic type maps
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Plot the forecast or actual
flood index on a tracking chart |
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Display internally calculated Strike
Probabilities |
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Enhanced Tracking
Chart Annotation Capabilities |
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Extensive
reporting capabilities
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Ability to send graphics,
reports and text via EMAIL |
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Integration with
Microsoft Outlook Email system. Hurrtrak
sends all email via Outlook. No longer does the user have to maintain 2
address books
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Ability to save
and/or send Animation files as animated GIFS.
Now send your favorite storm sequence via email. |
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Ability to save
and/or send any report or graphic as a Adobe Acrobat
PDF file. Acrobat has become the standard in the sharing of
documents and reports You can send reports without being concerned
about it's formatting. |
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Ability to export report
data to HTML |
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Ability to export report
data to a comma delimited file |
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Enhanced Windows printing
capabilities |
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Copy (to clipboard)
capability for ALL reports and storm data
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Ability to send Alert
EMail notices |
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Automatically generate summary
reports upon receipt of new data
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Automatically create & update
your "favorite" reports. |
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Includes a separate historical
analysis program
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QuickPlot feature that allows the user to get a quick, complete snapshot of the
current tropical storm situation.
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H*Wind Display Program. We have created a new
program that provides an interactive method of viewing/analyzing the AOML/HRD
data. |
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Slosh Storm Surge MOM Data
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Graphically display hurricane reconnaissance
reports utilizing highly detailed pan and zoom maps. Now with
HIRES support.
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Decision Support Capabilities which allow
the user to define key action or decision points for a location.
These action points are then displayed in location impact reports and also used to
depict "decision arcs"
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New "risk
alert" feature that allows the user to get a quick visual analysis of
the the risk to their location. |
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"What If
Capabilities" (Direct to Point) |
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Maintain a "User
Diary" |
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Advisory
"ticker" |
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Vast location database |
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Enhanced font options
and control |
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Extensive user
customization capabilities
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Graphical based custom map
creation |
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Ability to customize the
tracking chart colors |
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Estimate the
"missing" NHC forecast wind field information
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Landfall Analysis
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Enhanced
integration with HURRTRAK ONLINE |
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Analyze and Graph the flood index for any location, county or zip code
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Conduct post storm analyses. |
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Display the storms 3D surface
wind graph for any past or forecast time |
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Status bars on main
screen |
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The complete
1991 - 2007 storm database which includes
all observations, forecast and advisory text |
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Status bars on
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Extensive astronomical tide
database for over 20,000 US coastal sites
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