Heading Sensor Integration With an Electronic Moving Map System

Abstract

An electronic mapping system, installed on a vehicle, can provide an accurate and visual depiction of the operating environment to the vehicle operator. This enhanced situational awareness (SA) is useful in critical decision-making and operational safety. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed and tested a moving-map (MM) system based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and government-off-the- shelf (GOTS) software for amphibious assault vehicles. The MM system consists of a computer, display -and software depicting the position of the vehicle, obtained via the Global Position System (GPS), as an icon overlaid on a geo-registered map. This configuration can be run in either north-up or track-up mode. In north-up mode, the map is always displayed with north at the top of the display, and the icon moves as the position of the vehicle changes. In track-up mode, the map moves as the direction of travel changes with the forward direction at the top of the display. In this mode, the icon remains stationary over the moving map.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421865

Entities

People

  • Marlin L. Gendron
  • Maura Connor Lohrenz
  • Stephanie S. Edwards

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Military Vehicles
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Computers
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • Military Standards
  • Operating Systems
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • Stationary
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects