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===Range and Angle===

[[File:Dscan_a.jpg|thumb|right|Click to enlarge:<br>

My camera is now pointing roughly toward Iro VIII. We can see from the bottom section of the map browser that my scan area (the green area) covers Iro VIII, as well the second-to-last planet in the system. They correspond to the icons a little to the left of Iro VIII. I then set the scan range to ensure only Iro VIII is covered. Looking through the scan result, we can see Iro VIII, its moons, and a bunch of POS structures.]]

The distance of your scan is typed in manually. You can set it between 1 km and approximately 14.355 AU. However you can only specify this range in km, and therefore a conversion is required. 150 million km is about the same as 1 AU (the actual conversion is 149,597,871 km:1 AU). To quickly perform a max-range scan, you can fill the range field with multiple 9s until you can no longer put any more in, and it will default to the max range.

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===Directional Scan and the Camera===

The "Directional" part of directional scan is quite unique in that it is controlled by moving the camera around, and has nothing to do with your ship's bearing. It may be helpful to imagine directional scan as a flashlight. By moving the camera, you are essentially pointing the flashlight toward the direction you want to check.

The "Directional" part of directional scan is quite unique in that it is controlled by moving the camera around, and has nothing to do with your ship's bearing. '''It may be helpful to imagine directional scan as a flashlight. By moving the camera, you are essentially pointing the flashlight toward the direction you want to check.'''

Because camera manipulation is involved, it is also necessary to enable brackets, since otherwise you will not know where exactly you are pointing your camera at. With brackets enabled, aligning the camera is as easy as overlapping your ship's indicator with the target's icon. Check [[Varius Arcturus' Overview Guide]] for how to enable brackets.

==Locating Ships==

[[File:Dscan_b.jpg|thumb|right|Click to enlarge:<br>

I am now sure the POS is at one of Iro VIII's moons. I then warp to Iro VIII itself and from there, scan its two moons one-by-one. A quick 5-degree scan toward Moon 1 shows that a POS is there, with the control tower aptly named "IRO XIIII"...wait, shouldn't that be XIV? Note that 5-degree scan need a very accurate camera placement: you need the celestial's icon and your ship almost overlap.]]

An important use of the directional scanner is to find ships such as PVP targets. Notice that the scanner only returns ship names and types, but not the pilot's name.

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 ===Range and Angle===
+[[File:Dscan_a.jpg|thumb|right|Click to enlarge:<br>
+My camera is now pointing roughly toward Iro VIII. We can see from the bottom section of the map browser that my scan area (the green area) covers Iro VIII, as well the second-to-last planet in the system. They correspond to the icons a little to the left of Iro VIII. I then set the scan range to ensure only Iro VIII is covered. Looking through the scan result, we can see Iro VIII, its moons, and a bunch of POS structures.]]
 The distance of your scan is typed in manually. You can set it between 1 km and approximately 14.355 AU. However you can only specify this range in km, and therefore a conversion is required. 150 million km is about the same as 1 AU (the actual conversion is 149,597,871 km:1 AU). To quickly perform a max-range scan, you can fill the range field with multiple 9s until you can no longer put any more in, and it will default to the max range.
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 ===Directional Scan and the Camera===
-The "Directional" part of directional scan is quite unique in that it is controlled by moving the camera around, and has nothing to do with your ship's bearing. It may be helpful to imagine directional scan as a flashlight. By moving the camera, you are essentially pointing the flashlight toward the direction you want to check.
+The "Directional" part of directional scan is quite unique in that it is controlled by moving the camera around, and has nothing to do with your ship's bearing. '''It may be helpful to imagine directional scan as a flashlight. By moving the camera, you are essentially pointing the flashlight toward the direction you want to check.'''
 Because camera manipulation is involved, it is also necessary to enable brackets, since otherwise you will not know where exactly you are pointing your camera at. With brackets enabled, aligning the camera is as easy as overlapping your ship's indicator with the target's icon. Check [[Varius Arcturus' Overview Guide]] for how to enable brackets.
 ==Locating Ships==
+[[File:Dscan_b.jpg|thumb|right|Click to enlarge:<br>
+I am now sure the POS is at one of Iro VIII's moons. I then warp to Iro VIII itself and from there, scan its two moons one-by-one. A quick 5-degree scan toward Moon 1 shows that a POS is there, with the control tower aptly named "IRO XIIII"...wait, shouldn't that be XIV? Note that 5-degree scan need a very accurate camera placement: you need the celestial's icon and your ship almost overlap.]]
 An important use of the directional scanner is to find ships such as PVP targets. Notice that the scanner only returns ship names and types, but not the pilot's name.