Terrain Display Alternatives Assessment of Information Density and Alerting Strategies

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• Creators:
  Bud, M. ; Stearns, M. D. ; Mengert, Peter
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  EG & G Services (Firm)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Air transportation
  • Airplanes
  • Cockpits
  • Electronic equipment
  • Flight simulators
  • Human factors
  • Information display systems
  • Terrain
  • Visual display units (Computers)
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FAA-98-2 ; DOT/FAA/AAR-100-98-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report June 1996 - September 1997
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  Current technology makes it possible to display navigation and terrain information on electronic ; screens in the cockpit. The conventions used for position and terrain information must be clearly ; presented so pilots can maintain their positional awareness and avoid collision with terrain. There ; are very few recommendations or guidelines available for the design and evaluation of electronic ; displays. ; The Voipe National Transportation Systems Center (Voipe Center), in support of the Federal Aviation ; Administration's (FAA's) Office of the Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Human Factors, ; AAR-100, conducted a series of experiments to explore human factors issues in depicting terrain on ; electronic displays. Experiments examined instrument-rated General Aviation (GA) pilots' ability to ; interpret terrain shown on electronic plan view displays in a flight simulator. The four experiments ; examined the following electronic display alternatives: the utility of presenting nonthreatening ; terrain during approaches; effectiveness of showing only terrain features for terrain avoidance; ; preferences for information density; and the utility of terrain displays paired with visual terrain ; alerts. Results suggest display designs should incorporate alerts that identify danger and reorient ; pilots. Electronic displays with terrain that incorporate these recommendations should diminish the ; number of accidents resulting from a loss of positional awareness, such as ; controlled-flight-into-terrain (CFIT) accidents.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  A8123/FA8E2
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8732/dot_8732_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 466.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c106e61599198306287d4780ddac6391887ff7652c5f6fd7da7e56147a92c1ee