Future Developments in Digital Photoflight Navigation: Visual Aided Mission Planning and Satellite Aided Navigation Copilot

Gunter Hein, Bernd Eissfeller, and Jurgen Pielmeier

Abstract:	At the Institute of Geodesy and Navigation a complete integrated digital photo navigation system is under development. The objective of this system is to support the customer through computer integration from project planning via photoflight guidance to post-mission data evaluati- on. With this integrated system, we expect a dramatic increase in photogrammetric productivity by saving time and money and improving mission data quality. The system consists currently of two major parts, the ‘off-line’ mission planning program ‘VAMP’ and the ‘on-line’ mission navigation system ‘SANC’. The ‘Visual Aided Mission Planning’ program is based on Windows 3.1 and integrates the capabilities of project planning with photoflight and VFR-flight planning on an underlying object-oriented GIS-database, running on standard PC hardware. The ‘Satellite Aided Navi- gation Copilot’ system enables realtime DGPS positi- on, velocity and attitude determination and naviga- tiopn in different modi, according to the required pre- cision level, dependent on photogrammetric map scale. With this navigation system, only one pilot is neces- sary for carrying out a photogrammetric mission. First, the tests have shown the potential for flight guidance and photogrammetric imaging with the availability of attitude information. Second, a lot of benefit results from a completely integrated planning and navigation system with ‘state-of-the-art’ visua- lization and decision support capabilities.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994) September 20 - 23, 1994 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	1107 - 1115
Cite this article:	Hein, Gunter, Eissfeller, Bernd, Pielmeier, Jurgen, "Future Developments in Digital Photoflight Navigation: Visual Aided Mission Planning and Satellite Aided Navigation Copilot," Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994), Salt Lake City, UT, September 1994, pp. 1107-1115.
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