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Virtual Environment Design for Low/Zero Visibility Tower ToolsThis 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.
Document ID
20020060758
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Reisman, Ron
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Farouk, Ahmed
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA United States)
Edwards, Thomas A.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Meeting Information
Meeting: ACM Special Interest Group Graphics
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: July 19, 1998
End Date: July 24, 1998
Sponsors: Association for Computing Machinery
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 538-18-24
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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