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1. Report No. DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/33 Technical Report Documentation Page 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. 4. Title and Subtitle Design of Information Display Systems for Air Traffic Control 7. Author(s) Tanya Yuditsky, Ph.D., ATO-P, Ferne Friedman-Berg, Ph.D., Titan Systems Corporation, and Alfred Smith, Ph.D., ATO-P 9. Performing Organization Name and Address Federal Aviation Administration NAS Human Factors Group William J. Hughes Technical Center Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Federal Aviation Administration 1575 I Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 5. Report Date November 2004 6. Performing Organization Code ATO-P 8. Performing Organization Report No. DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/33 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) 11. Contract or Grant No. 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Technical Note 14. Sponsoring Agency Code ATO-P 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract This document presents standards and guidelines for the design of Information Display Systems for Air Traffic Control (ATC). A computer-based Information Display System (IDS) provides access to various types of information needed to perform a job. The ATC environment and the time critical nature of Air Traffic operations bring unique requirements for an IDS. We developed the standards and guidelines provided here based on existing design guidelines and a study that explored the information and design requirements in the various ATC domains. We conducted structured interviews with 112 ATC Specialists to identify the problems and benefits they experience with IDSs in the field today. We also conducted workshops with Specialists from the field to review and validate our findings. The standards describe the elements that emerged as being critical in the design of an IDS for ATC and the guidelines can be used to effectively implement the standards. We also provide recommendations for human factors activities to support development of IDS design and to evaluate the implementation of the standards. 17. Key Words Air Traffic Control, Design Guidelines, Display Design, Human Factors, Information Display 18. Distribution Statement This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, 22161 19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified Reproduction of completed page authorized 21. No. of Pages 38 22. Price
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