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U-See User Manual - Map View
• If Ground clearance is between warning and low altitude level, the grid element will
be painted in green. This shows that while there should be not problem at that
altitude, terrain is near to be a problem.
• If ground clearance is above the low altitude level, the grid element will not be
painted to avoid map clutter.
2.5.4
2.5.4
Interacting with the Map View
Interacting with the Map View
Map view is the main way of interacting with UAV navigation control. At all times, the map
can be interacted with the left and right button of the mouse.
Right mouse button click opens a context menu, dragging the mouse with the left button
pressed moves the map and simple left click is reserved for interactions that change
navigation properties in the autopilot.
2.5.4.1 Right Button Menu
A right button click will bring up a menu containing the following entries:
• Coordinates of the clicked position: longitude and latitude are displayed.
• Elevation of the clicked point: Elevation of terrain is displayed
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• 'Point Camera Here' action: This will command the camera to point here when in
Geo-referenced modes. This entry won't be shown if the “Show camera on map”
option is unchecked in Settings→ U-See Settings.
• Distance From/To: Action to enable on map measuring (See following section)
2.5.4.2 Measuring on the map
At any given time, measurements can be made on the map. This is accomplished by:
5 For proper description of vertical datum, please, contact Airelectronics.
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Figure 9: Right button click menu
Whenever using a Digital Elevation Model it is important to remember that
these are models, and models sometimes contain errors or inaccuracies.
GPWS overlay is provided for additional situational awareness but is not
substitute for proper flight planning.
Map interaction using the mouse has substantially changed starting at
version 1.720
If you have used previous versions of U-See in the past, review this section
carefully.
In case you are using an older version of U-See, contact Airelectronics for
obtaining previous revisions of this document.