Title :
Tactical mapping in combat aircraft
Author_Institution :
ESG Elektronik-Syst.-Gesellschaft mbH, Munich, West Germany
Abstract :
An application of geographical information systems (GISs) in combat aircraft is discussed, called tactical mapping. Tactical mapping enables the pilot to recognize spontaneous complex air-to-ground relations such as danger zones and dead space. Tactical information (e.g. flight path, danger zones) is combined with selected geographical information (e.g. rivers, contours) and displayed on a monitor. The PACE database and the DLMS-DTED are used to develop a GIS for tactical representations on displays in combat aircraft. Possible display formats are developed and evaluated with respect to ease of pilot interpretation and kind of information
Keywords :
aircraft instrumentation; database management systems; ergonomics; geography; military computing; DLMS-DTED; GIS; PACE database; combat aircraft; contours; danger zones; dead space; display formats; ease of pilot interpretation; ergonomics; flight path; geographical information systems; kind of information; rivers; spontaneous complex air-to-ground relations; tactical mapping; tactical representations on displays; Aircraft; Application software; Computer graphics; Geographic Information Systems; Hardware; Monitoring; Optical sensors; Rivers; Turing machines; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1988.194997
