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.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aeronautical Charts Air Pilots Electronic Symbols Human Factors Information Display Systems Map Displays Navigation Charts Navigation Displays Symbols
• 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.
  
  
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