Visualisation of Massive Military Datasets: Human Factors, Applications, and Technologies
Abstract
This final report of IST-0l3/RTG-O()2 "Visualisation of Massive Military Datasets" presents some of the issues involved in visualisation as well as techniques that have been used in support of visualisation for military applications. These issues are examined from three viewpoints: issues relating to human abilities and requirements, issues of data and of display technology, and issues relating to exemplary applications. Military operations today depend heavily on the C4ISR (Command Control, Communications, Computing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) framework. To date, unfortunately, many military systems make it difficult for users to develop a useful understanding of the information relevant to immediate requirements, even although it may be contained within the massive amount of data that flows front the various intelligence sources. The useful may be buried in the flood of irrelevant data. The users may not be able to use the systems to extract the information from the data, or they may not be able to create displays that allow clients to see what they need. Potential information sources may be ignored, or not well used, because techniques for extracting information are deficient. As a consequence users of many current systems discard much data unassessed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA392276
Entities
Organizations
- NATO Science and Technology Organization