Patent ID: 7908082

Claim:
A method of indicating a position of a vehicle on a display system comprising: determining a current position and a path of travel of the vehicle; determining a current position of at least one of a second vehicle, an object, and an area of interest wherein determining a current position of the second vehicle comprises determining a path of travel of the second vehicle; displaying a depiction of the vehicle and at least a portion of the at least one of the second vehicle, the object, and the area of interest at a first range setting; automatically changing from the first range setting to a second range setting based on at least one of an approach autorange activation, a taxi autorange activation, an offscale traffic autorange activation, and an offscale object or area of interest autorange activation, wherein automatically changing from the first range setting to the second range setting comprises switching from the first range setting to the second range setting in one or more step changes in range setting wherein each step is sufficiently small such that said switching from the first range setting to the second range setting appears continuous to a user; and displaying the ownship depiction and at least a portion of the at least one of the second vehicle, the object, and the area of interest at the second range setting.