Visualization Support for an Army Reconnaissance Mission

Abstract

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is gaining importance as a means of acquiring real-time information under difficult environmental and battlefield conditions. In Operation Desert Storm, UAVs were effective in gathering information and in searching for mobile, semi-permanent assets. UAV systems provided reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, and battle damage assessment. A recent Army project integrated GPS tracking, video imaging, and 3- D visual simulation in an investigation of their benefits to the usefulness of UAVs. Construction of the simulation database entailed the use of digital stereophotogrammetric techniques to orthorectify USGS NAPP photographs. Numerous digital orthophotographs were mosaicked together and used as texture atop digital terrain elevation data to generate the simulated environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA275522

Entities

People

  • Thomas E. Witte
  • Valerie C. Kelly

Organizations

  • Army Geospatial Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Battlefields
  • Cameras
  • Computer Graphics
  • Damage Assessment
  • Databases
  • Digital Images
  • Elevation
  • Environment
  • Images
  • Photographic Images
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Reconnaissance
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers