Navigational checking using 3D maps: The influence of elevation angle, azimuth, and foreshortening

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-223

  Schreiber, Brian T ^a,b,f   Wickens, Christopher D ^b,g   Renner, Goetz J ^c,h   Alton, Jeffrey D ^b,d   Hickox, Joseph C ^b,e  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^d WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING (POSITION);

AZIMUTH; ELEVATION ANGLE; FORESHORTENING; FORWARD FIELD OF VIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPS;

NAVIGATION CHARTS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032103607     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779480497     Document Type: Article

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