Unidata IDV Workshop for version 6.2u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Trajectory Data
3.10.0 Trajectory Display
The IDV can display a variety of flavors of trajectory data - aircraft tracks, ships, buoys, etc.
- If other displays and data are already loaded, select the
menu item
or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out.
- Load some aircraft track data.
- Open the
Data Choosers
.
- In the
Data Chooser
tree click on the
Files
node.
- 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
- 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
- Add a background image to see where this track is with the
menu item.
- Leave the data source and display as is.
Unidata IDV Workshop for version 6.2u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Trajectory Data