| タイトル | Virtual Environment Design for Low/Zero Visibility Tower Tools |
| 著者（英） | Edwards, Thomas A.; Farouk, Ahmed; Reisman, Ron |
| 著者所属（英） | California Univ.; NASA Ames Research Center |
| 発行日 | 1998-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | This paper describes prototype software for three-dimensional display of aircraft movement based on realtime radar and other Air Traffic Control (ATC) information. This prototype can be used to develop operational tools for controllers in ATC Towers who cannot view aircraft in low or zero visibility (LZV) weather conditions. The controller could also use the software to arbitrarily reposition his virtual eyepoint to overcome physical obstructions or increase situation awareness. The LZV Tower tool prototype consists of server and client components. The server interfaces to operational ATC radar and communications systems, sending processed data to a client process written in java. This client process runs under Netscape Communicator to provide an interactive perspective display of aircraft in the airport environment. Prototype VRML airport models were derived from 3-D databases used in FAA-certified high fidelity flight-simulators. The web-based design offers potential efficiency increases and decreased costs in the development and deployment of operational LZV Tower tools. |
| NASA分類 | Aircraft Communications and Navigation |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
