Land navigation Demonstration Vehicle with a color map display for tactical use

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5227437

Nava, E J; Creel, E E; Fellerhoff, J R; Martinez, S D

A Land navigation Demonstration Vehicle (LDV) has been assembled which fully automates the navigation task and provides the operator with a color map display derived from Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The system relieves the operator of the burdens associated with the tactical use of paper maps by providing accurate 3-dimensional position information using a strapdown inertial navigation platform aided by the Sandia Inertial Terrain Aided Navigation algorithm (SITAN). The map display and navigation instruments consist of a multi-processor SANDia Aerospace Computer (SANDAC) and a commercial Image Processing System (IPS). These interactive devices allow real-time map annotation and corrections of vehicle position errors. 7 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5227437
• Report Number(s): SAND-86-0287C; CONF-861166-1; ON: DE86014366
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERS
IMAGE PROCESSING
NAVIGATION
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROCESSING
PROGRAMMING
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
S CODES
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