APPRAISAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PLAN POSITION INDICATOR PRESENTING SIMULATED BEARING, RANGE, AND HEIGHT INFORMATION

Abstract

Two experiments were performed to appraise a conventional polar coordinate display modified to present bearing, range, and height information. The display consisted of a PPI surrounded by an annulus. Each target was represented by two blips on the same bearing: the inner blip on the PPI gave bearing and range, and the outer blip in the annulus gave bearing and height. The display was a synthetic or simulated display. Engineering modifications actually to reproduce bearing, range, and height information on this PPI were not accomplished. The purpose of this appraisal is psychological one: to determine how accurately a man can understand and extract information from a display of this sort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1947
Accession Number
AD0639287

Entities

People

  • E. A. Bilodeau
  • J. W. Gebhard

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altimetry
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Bearings
  • Calibration
  • Consoles
  • Control Panels
  • Data Science
  • Display Systems
  • Engineering
  • Errors
  • Experimental Design
  • Hand Cranks
  • Machines
  • Plan Position Indicators
  • Simulators
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Geodesy
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.