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FalconView Version Features


Bullseye Tool
A bullseye tool has been added to the Drawing Editor. This tool resides in the drawing toolkit and allows you to rapidly add geo-referenced bullseye overlays.

Contrast Adjustment for CIB Images
You can interactively adjust the brightness and contrast of CIB images with slider bars or incrementally with menu options under the View Menu or with keyboard shortcuts. There is also an Auto Set command that will calculate the “best” brightness and contrast setting for a particular screen.

Orbit Tracks
FalconView draws an orbit racetrack when you specify one at an orbit turn point.

S-Turns
FalconView draws S-turns when you specify one at a turn point.

Serpentine Legs
FalconView draws serpentine or “snake route” legs.

Route Line Properties
Routes can be displayed as rhumb lines or great-circle lines. The lines and text used to display route legs can be assigned many different properties.

Route Time and Distance Tick Marks
Tick marks showing time and distance can be displayed on calculated routes or particular legs of a calculated route.

Object Attachment
You can associate multiple links with overlay objects such as threats, local points, drawing toolkit elements (freehand line, simple line, polyline, polygon, rectangle, ellipse, text, and bull's eye), and route points. A link can be any document (whose file extension is associated with an application on your computer) that can be accessed over your network. Examples of such documents would be a Word document such as C:\mydoc.doc, a graphic file such as C:\targets\building01.bmp, or an Internet browser link such as http://www.weather.com. If you can view the file by double-clicking its icon in Windows Explorer, it will function properly in FalconView. A common interface allows you to add, remove, and view links.

GPS Moving Map Display Enhancements
A GPS Mode Toolbar was added that allows you to quickly change moving map display options, specify GPS communication options, access a dialog to specify the aircraft symbol and its appearance, toggle a course deviation indicator that shows you how far off the intended course the craft is headed, and play back previously recorded GPS feeds.

ECHUM Update from CD or the Internet
CD ECHUM allows you to automatically or manually import current Chart Updating Manual (CHUM) data from the monthly CADRG Supplement Disk (CSD) rather than download the information from NAVINFONET. This results in a dramatic decrease in the amount of time needed to import ECHUM data. You also have the option to obtain the latest ECHUM data directly from NIMA's web site in a form known as WebCHUM. Either source gives you the same data.

Expanded Map Scale Support
Support for the display of Low Flying Chart (LFC), Transit Flying Chart (TFC) , and CIB one-meter map scales was added.

Threat Overlay Performance Enhancement
Threat display speed was significantly increased from that in FalconView 3.0.1. The maximum number of threats was increased as well. The terrain masking algorithm was also modified to match the Improved Many-On-Many (IMOM) electronic combat scenario software.