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Ground/Tower controller view.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:12 pm
by Pieces
What does a PE tower/ground controller see? I assume the RADAR positions have a virtual scope, but I really don't have any idea how the tower and ground positions work.
I saw the Facebook post with Kevin's notes and it got me curious. Also, I wasn't able to attend the virtual tour a few months back. Are there screenshots from that floating around anywhere?
Re: Ground/Tower controller view.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:38 pm
by Keith Smith
It's not practical for us to use an 'out the window' view for all the fields at the same time, so we use the top-down radar view, zoomed in to the field of interest. We can enabled taxiway and runway identifiers, too.
Re: Ground/Tower controller view.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:59 pm
by Pieces
Makes sense. Planes that have not been radar identified are then just VFR targets or does the zoomed view provide more detail?
Re: Ground/Tower controller view.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:11 pm
by Keith Smith
We have a specific (fictious) tower mode that shows callsigns for aircraft regardless of squawk mode/code. That way, we can simulate the level of service you would get with a visual tower.
Re: Ground/Tower controller view.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:12 pm
by Pieces
Cool, thanks!