Casey Hawthorne wrote:
> Posted in this newsgroup, since Java might be needed to tie all these
> parts together.
Java is but one language that could be used. I don't think it would be
"needed", but it might be the best fit...
>
> Is it possible at air****ts for planes to broadcast their GPS
> information to each other, including their other information, like
> orientation, velocity, acceleration, etc?
Possible? Probably, in software *almost* everything is possible.
Feasible? Not my area of expertise, but I would suspect that as long as
the data was available to the plane itself, it could be transmitted.
>
> Say on one frequency with FDM and/or on a few frequencies?
> Each plane keeps its own sideband/frequency until it lands.
> Frequencies/sidebands are assigned on a cyclic basis.
Sounds a bit like DHCP in IP networks :-)
>
> Could cell phone technology be used?
Doubt it, there are federal laws that ban cell phone use on planes,
specifically because of concerns over RF interference.
> On different frequencies, than regular cell and with towers clustered
> close to the air****t and landing pattern area.
Why use cell phone technology if you're going to use different
frequencies? For as big a project as this sounds like, it might make
sense to use some other trans****t. There may already be information
trans****t between planes and air****ts. I don't know.
>
> For disply technology, could a 3D LED lattice (box/globe) be used,
> with enough space between the LEDs so that the pilot can see LEDs on
> the far side of the lattice?
>
> Red - Very Close planes
> Yellow - Close Planes
> Green - "Safe" Enough distance
It seems that this wouldn't be useful to a pilot. Very Close could mean
"a plane just went under you, pull up" or "A plane is headed straight
for you, bank left." Some sort of display that shows you where planes
are relative to you might be useful, but would probably be more of a
distraction.
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