Tactical situation display and figurative symbology
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Bruck, Lawrence Alan
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1982-03Advisor
Richards, F.R.
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Poock, Gary
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This thesis investigates the utility of figurative
symbology for tacticai situation displays. The purpose was
to determine if n ore descriptive symbology
—
figurative
symbology or use of more lifelike images to represent
targets—would enhance evaluation of a tactical situation
display, i.e., enable the user to more rapidly assimilate
and evaluate a tactical situation display. Basis for
comparison was the Navy Tactical Display System (NTDS).
Specifically, experiments used in our research included
comparisons of monochromatic NTDS, color NTDS, and color
figurative symbclcgies.
The analysis of the data obtained from the experiments
suggests color symbology is significantly better than
monochromatic symbology and figurative is better than NTDS
symbology. Specifically, color f igurative(green/red } was
determined to be best, followed in order by, color
figurative( blue/orange) , color NTDS, then monochromatic
NTDS.
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