Terrain Travel Simulation: Data and Application

Abstract

Research in visual representation of terrain supported the development of images for simulated travel. Results showed that observers can estimate distances in photographs, both from the camera station to a target and between targets; this performance is analogous to distance estimation in the real world. Distance estimation performance is affected by the focal length of the camera lens at which the picture is taken. Visual coherence (the appearance of travel) can be maintained when photographs are taken at steps greater than the ten feet used previously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003359

Entities

People

  • Alex Martin
  • N. Mitchell
  • R. Kraft

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Displacement
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Judgment
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Observers
  • Perception
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Wide Angles

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Geodesy