Patent ID: 8099234

Claim:
A system for generating location information presented on an aircraft display unit, such system comprising: a source of navigation data; a source of terrain data; a source of location data of at least one fixed object; an image generating processor configured to receive navigation data representative of aircraft position and orientation; receive terrain data corresponding to the navigation data; receive location data corresponding to the navigation data and representative of a fixed location of at least one object located in the scene outside the aircraft, where the fixed location has been predefined prior to flight; generate an image data set representative of each object marked with a location marker against the background of a three-dimensional perspective of a scene outside the aircraft, wherein the image data set is generated as a function of the terrain data and location marker data associated with the location data, further wherein the location marker data is determined as a function of the type of each object and is comprised of data representative of enhancing effects; and provide the image data set to a tactical display unit; and the tactical display unit configured to receive the image data set, and present an image represented in the image data set on the tactical display unit, whereby at least one location marker comprised of an extension, a proximal end, and a distal end appears superimposed against the three-dimensional perspective scene outside the aircraft, where each location marker corresponds to no more than one object, the proximal end of each location marker marks the location of its corresponding object, each location marker identifies its corresponding object, and each location marker corresponds to the type of its corresponding object and is comprised of at least one configurable enhancing effect.