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Flight Path Tutorial: Step Four
Data Configuration Overview

  Configure pop-up window

Click on the Configure... button to load the Configuration pop-up dialog. This dialog box controls which layers appear on the map, and how they are displayed. Un-check the Show wind barbs on map radio button to remove wind barbs from the map display.
 
The tabs along the top of the dialog box allow configuration of each category. Go to Step 5 for a complete description of each tab. Click on the Grids tab to show configuration parameters for gridded data. Uncheck the Show Background Grid Field radio button to hide the gridded data on the map display. Uncheck the Show Topography On Map radio button to remove the topography information from the map display.
 
The map display is now blank, except for the US states layer. The applet can be used to show the latest advisories by going to the AIR/SIGMETs tab and clicking on the Show AIR/SIGMETs On Map radio button. The display will now show only the AIRMETs and SIGMETs information, and will update automatically when new advisories are available.

Go to Step Five



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