Method and system for providing awareness of a vehicle's location and heading

A method for providing awareness of a vehicle's location and heading may include determining a geographic location and heading of the vehicle and presenting a map corresponding to a geographical area where the vehicle is located. The method may also include presenting a predetermined symbol on...

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1. Verfasser: WIPPLINGER, PATRICK R
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method for providing awareness of a vehicle's location and heading may include determining a geographic location and heading of the vehicle and presenting a map corresponding to a geographical area where the vehicle is located. The method may also include presenting a predetermined symbol on the map representing the vehicle. The predetermined symbol defines a unique shape to provide substantially unambiguous awareness to an operator of a location of the vehicle and a heading of the vehicle. The predetermined symbol may include a symmetrical body symmetrical about the heading of the vehicle and including a predetermined length and width.