| Title | Innovative railroad information displays for dispatch and train engineer functions |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 33640 |
| Source | 70p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Publication Date | 19960229 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | A useful information display system must be able to maintain the users sense of context by keeping the important information clearly viewable and conserving important relationships, while subduing information not currently relevant. The Visible Language Workshop (VLW) of the MIT Media Laboratory has developed unique methods to interconnect different user views of dynamic transportation events by managing spatial information. Some VLWdisplays can interactively sense and learn about the user's real world context or about events occurring beyond the users environment. VLW has demonstrated that displays can provide alerts or decision support based on digital "expert" knowledge. |
| Rosap ID | dot:8715 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8715 |
| TRT Terms | Digital displays; Geographic information systems; Spatial analysis; Dispatchers; Information display systems; Locomotive engineers |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33600/33640/33640.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |