Various initial parameters may be set by appending a query string
to the URL. The query string starts with "?", and the "&" symbol
separates individual variables. In particular,
- The default map may be specified with variables such as
"center_lat=25.11¢er_lon=-75.02&scale=25". (You can determine
the center and scale for any displayed map by holding down the
shift key while clicking anywhere on the
map. The center and scale will appear in a new window.)
- You may specify the initial color coding to be wind
instead of temperature by adding the phrase "&color_coding=wind"
- You may specify a single network to load initially by adding the
phrase "fast_load=Maritime" (or whatever network you wish to load
initially).
Thus, to specify a zoom, a color coding and a network, you should
append to the URL a string like the following:
?center_lat=25.11¢er_lon=-75.02&scale=25&color_coding=wind&fast_load=Maritime
We also changed the color mapping somewhat.