OpenRadarGuide: Difference between revisions

[[File:OpenRadar-Status_2.png|thumb|right|200px|The general Status Informations]]

This area shows in 4 lines the most used status-informations:

<ol><li>A text box that allows you to see and change your MP-callsign. So you can quickly change it, if a second ATC takes another role at the same airport (TW/APP/GND/RADAR, etc). At the right of it is placed a clock with the UTC-time. Because you probably will always have international guests you should refer to that modern "Coordinated Universal Time" <small>(replacing nowadays the formerly used "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT))</small>

</li><li>In the second line you see the ICAO <small>(the international Code for airports)</small> and the long name of your airport. In addition you see  on the right the currently selected radar contact <small>(e.g. "jomo")</small>.

</li><li>The third line lets you predict several values for that "radar contact" <small>(e.g. "jomo")</small>. Whenever you place your mousepointer somewhere on the Radar Map, the third line will give you several informations about that target:

*StP = "Selection to Pointer": That is the compass direction between the target and the mousepointer, in both ways (TO/FROM)

*Miles: The distance between the target and the mouspointer.

*min: The time the target needs to get to that mousepointed area - '''IF''' the speed remains steady as is!! <small>In this example there is given a "n/a" (not available) which most probably means the plane is not moving (may be parked)!</small>

</li><li>The fourth line shows the mostly needed weather information '''Wind''', '''Pressure''' and '''Visibility'''. If you hover your mouse over it, you can see the complete last METAR-message received, in it's original form. <small>(For help ref to http://wiki.flightgear.org/METAR#METAR)</small>. Please note that these values are similar to ATIS information: METAR directions is given in TRUE, ATIS in magnetic...