Comparing Text and Graphics in Navigation Display Design

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• Creators:
  Williams, Kevin W.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Medicine. Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Simulation
  • Flight simulators
  • Storms
  • Airborne navigational aids
  • Aircraft navigational aids
  • Data displays
  • Information display systems
  • Digital displays
  • Digital maps
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-00/8
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404172
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Abstract:
  Thirty-six pilots were tested in a flight simulator on their ability to decide which of two airports was farther from a storm front, based on the manner in which information was presented on a navigational display. The results support the superiority of graphical over textual information display of nearest airport information. Pilots were significantly faster using the map display than using either the text-only display or the enhanced text display. In addition, in contrast to an earlier study (Williams, 1999), pilots performed better using a north-up map than when using a track-up map. Discussion of the results focuses on recommendations for moving-map displays and the display requirements for support of the nearest-airport function within a navigational display.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85848/dot_85848_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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