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Today’s cockpit enviornment is being infused with more technology designed to increase a pilot’s situational awareness and thereby reduce accidents. One of the most intriquing technologies being developed for the cockpit is the Synthetic Vision System (SVS).
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One of the key functionalities of the IIFD, is the ability for pilots to view a virtual depiction of the terrain beneath them, regardless of the weather conditions or the time of day.
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One of the challenges associated with this technology is being able to dynamically create this terrain model in real-time from the database that holds the raw information about the terrain’s elevation.
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