NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Human Factors;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
Abstract:
The goals of this effort are to identify features of navigation symbology that are problematic when presented on electronic displays and to develop a method to design and evaluate good symbology that takes into account the different platforms on which it will be displayed. Background findings and a proposed experiment to explore some of the higher-level issues related to the design of effective symbology are described.
An increasing number of electronic displays, ranging from small hand-held displays for general aviation to installed displays for air transport, are s...
This industry survey documents the symbols for navigation aids, airports, lines, and linear patterns currently in use by avionics manufactureres and c...
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