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Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.
(Phone: 415/604-9000)
RELEASE: 94-69
"The electronic chart can replace paper charts, pens and rulers
and improve the navigational skills of pilots," said Vernol
Battiste, Ames principal investigator and a former air traffic
controller. "This system improves the navigational capabilities
of anyone flying an airplane."
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The ECD has many other potential uses. "The electronic chart
display is useful in any environment where people have to
navigate," Battiste said. "In an automobile, it could align you
with the road and display the route from your departure to your
destination on the screen," he said.
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