Re: [Mratc-developers] [my status]

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 --- Michael Ross <iw...@co...> wrote: 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aquila Deus" <aqu...@ya...>
> 
> > > Currently, air traffic controllers are performing collision
> > > avoidance with their eyes.  They look at their radar screen
> and
> > > tell flights to adjust their course if they are headed for a
> > > collision.  A human being has a certain limit to the number
> of
> > > flights he or she can safely process at one time.  Computers
> can
> > > process information faster and more accurately than humans.
> >
> > Ummmm... If that's all, things would be very simple :)
> 
> I am not thinking this project is very complicated.  If it were
> more complicated, I might not be so interested in taking it on.
> 
> > But why don't they just replace useless human beings with
> computers? What's the
> > problem they face??
> 
> I've been thinking that over for years.  Haven't come up with an
> answer yet.  The biggest problem I can see at the moment is the
> geodetic equations used to compute distances and bearings
> between planes.  Those equations can be found at
> http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/inverse.pdf
> They are not as simple as a Pythagorean Theorem or basic
> trigonometry.

OK.

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