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Pilot stereotypes for navigation symbols on electronic displays

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  • Creators:
    Yeh, Michelle ; Chandra, Divya
  • Corporate Creators:
    John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
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  • Resource Type:
    Proceedings
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Corporate Publisher:
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Abstract:
    There is currently no common symbology standard for the ; electronic display of navigation information. The wide ; range of display technologies and the different functions ; these displays support make it difficult to design symbols ; that are easily recognized across platforms. This paper ; presents the findings of an experiment that addressed the ; issue of symbol stereotypes, i.e., whether symbols have key ; features that are necessary for recognition. Pilots were ; shown symbols for navigation aids collected from five ; aviation display manufacturers and published documents. ; They were asked to indicate whether they considered the ; symbol shapes to be representative of a specific symbol ; type. The results showed that pilots do have stereotypes ; regarding what symbol shapes are representative of a ; symbol type. Stereotypical shapes for navigation symbols ; were identified despite variations in the size, color, and fill ; with which the test symbol shapes were presented. The ; results suggest that symbol stereotypes exist and should be ; considered in the design of electronic symbols to maintain ; safety. While the scope of this work addresses electronic ; navigation symbology, the techniques used here are ; applicable to addressing other types of symbology.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9941/dot_9941_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 584.78 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    Volpe Center
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:f44d183979f609ab80eb833966f4e1d8576f53b8b9b069d19c4c1f3d5a9ce669
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