Enhancing taxi performance under low visibility : are moving maps enough?

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• Creators:
  McCann, Robert S. ; Andre, Anthony D. ; Begault, Durand ; Foyle, David C. ; Wenzel, Elizabeth
• Corporate Contributors:
  Ames Research Center ; San Jose State University Foundation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  3D Perspective Air Pilots Digital Maps Electronic Moving Map Displays (EMM) Ground Taxi Performance Low Visibility Out-the-window (OTW) Scene Taxiing Taxiways Three Dimensional Displays Visibility

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403578
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Human Factors Research and Technology Division
• Abstract:
  We report the results of an experiment evaluating the separate and combined effects of a 3-D perspective moving map and newly developed Head-Up Display symbology on taxi performance in low visibility. Nine commercial airline pilots completed a series of gate-to-runway taxi routes at a simulated Chicago-O'Hare. Relative to a baseline condition, in which in-the-cockpit navigation support was confined to Jeppesen paper map, the 3-D moving map yielded a nonsignificant increase in taxi speed. The combination of electronic moving map and Head-Up Display yielded a considerably larger and statistically significant increase in taxi speed. These results suggest that in low visibility, Head-Up Displays can substantially improve taxi performance, over and above any improvements associated with 3-D moving maps.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RTOP 538-04-13
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:08243b6f5f14e0940323ebf803872db6a9db31e454f3711b404eee6afa464ec5044ee9dd26dc70013c341590ab0131b009d5feefb445b0d7c257e154bef90dc7
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12937/dot_12937_DS1.pdf
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