AV-8B Map System II: Moving Map Composer (MMC) Version 3.3, Software Users' Manual (Second Edition)

Abstract

This report documents the Moving Map Composer (MMC) software system developed by scientists in NRL Code 7440.1 This is the second edition of the MMC Users' Manual (the first edition is NRL/FR/744l--97-9677) and reflects changes that were implemented for the latest release (version 3.3) of MMC. The MMC software is resident on the Map-II Station portion of the AV-8B Mission Support System, which NRL designed and configured in support of AV-8B mission planners and pilots in the field. MMC enables users to perform the following functions: design and build Aircraft Optical Disk (AOD) images from user-specified Compressed Aeronautical Chart (CAC) and scanned chart data; include emergency checklists and reconnaissance photographs in an AOD image; write completed AOD images to militarized Write-Once Read-Many AODs; evaluate failed AODs and recover from failed AOD image builds; design and build Mission Planning System Compact Disk Images (MPS-CDIs) from user-specified CAC, scanned chart, and DTED data; write MPS-CDIs to Recordable Compact Disk (CD-R) for mission planning purposes; scan and compress paper charts into a CAC-compatible format (when CAC or Arc Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) are not available) and include them in an AOD image or MPS-CDI; print final compositions, CAC images, checklists, and AOD summaries (new function in MMC version 3.3). The AV-8B Map-II Stations have completely replaced all map data functions and all optical disk image functions that previously were handled by the AV-8B Map, Operator, and Maintenance Stations (MOMS). To date, the AV-8B program has purchased eight NRL-developed Map-II Stations (including two for the Spanish AV-8B and one for the Italian AV-8B), and the F/A-18 program has purchased two.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2000
Accession Number
ADA380418

Entities

People

  • J. M. Mehaffey
  • Marlin L. Gendron
  • Maura Connor Lohrenz
  • Michael E. Trenchard
  • Stephanie A. Myrick

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cartography
  • Central Processing Units
  • Compact Disks
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Digital Maps
  • Geographic Regions
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Graphics
  • Grids
  • Images
  • Maintenance
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • User Interface
  • World Geodetic System

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Geodesy