New SN Feed using "dots" instead of icons

[Tyler Allison]

Easier to see the storms..

http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/grlevelx-dot.txt

-Tyler

 

[Joe Dorn]

Installed and I like it especially after that mess on the screen yesterday, however I would like to have another one that displays Names and/or call signs with the dots that I can switch to as needed.

There is another ICON that has shown up that I am not quite sure of. It looks like the front view of a camera or a hand held TV... HELP!

Once again thanks for your great work...

 

[Jordan Bell]

Thank You Tyler! Brilliant Idea

 

[Paul Stofer]

Joe, I believe that is a cell phone, for the mobile client.

 

[bvassmer]

Great. This will allow me to see the spotter network feed again. There are so many chasers nowadays that there was too much noise over the radar. Thanks!

 

[Brian Davidson]

How do you install it into GRlevel3?

 

[Richard Dickson]

Brian,

I didn't want to mess this up either when I did mine, so I asked for some help also. The procedure is the same as installing other place files.

Go to 'windows' in the top bar and select 'placefile manager'. Then select the folder ICON in the upper left corner. You should have a blank place where you can paste this into it....

http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/grlevelx-dot.txt

click OK... now put a check mark in the far left box next to the new entry in the placefileOK manager and at that point, dots should have replaced the icons that were there previously.

If that doesn't work, PM me and we can check it out.

 

[Brian Davidson]

Brian,

I didn't want to mess this up either when I did mine, so I asked for some help also. The procedure is the same as installing other place files.

Go to 'windows' in the top bar and select 'placefile manager'. Then select the folder ICON in the upper left corner. You should have a blank place where you can paste this into it....

http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/grlevelx-dot.txt

click OK... now put a check mark in the far left box next to the new entry in the placefileOK manager and at that point, dots should have replaced the icons that were there previously.

If that doesn't work, PM me and we can check it out.

Are we talking about the icons such as the green and purple triangles for hail and TVS? What is better with dots than the symbols?

I guess I misunderstood what this was for.

 

[rdale]

Are we talking about the icons such as the green and purple triangles for hail and TVS?

No. He's talking about the SpotterNetwork icons.

 

[Richard Dickson]

Brian,

As you are aware, there are times when all of the diamonds representing the various chaser can become a nuisance when trying to view storm structure. Having the dots is simply a method of minimizing the space they cover on your screen. This doesn't affect the other symbols for hail, tvs, etc.

Probably the best way to see this would be to install this and if you didn't care for it, it is easy to remove.

 

[Andy Wycislo]

Hi everybody, this is my first post.

Question. I've noticed with the new SN "dots" layout that the spotters are never shown as moving anymore. It always says we are stationary, even if we're not. Is this a glitch or something I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

 

[KendraReed]

Easier to see the storms..

http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/grlevelx-dot.txt

-Tyler

Outstanding! Wish this was available sooner!

 

[Mike Bates]

Today it looks like the dots got bigger which is nice. It looks like the Video folks have travel markers with headings but the dots do not.

Great job, it looks great.

Mike

 

[Randall Cooper]

Dots have markers on them

 

[Mike Bates]

Randall,

You are correct, I just missed them or was seeing stationary only folks for a while.

Still it looks great.

Mike