Garmin Adds Synthetic Vision to G1000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:32 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Garmin's Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) distinguishes environmental features like water and sky using unique colors and textures to prevent confusion.
The SVT system provides visual flight path guidance through "pathway" boxes, helping pilots track desired lateral and vertical courses.
It includes a robust obstacle warning system that enlarges symbols and uses color codes (yellow for <60 seconds, red for <30 seconds) to alert pilots to impending collisions.
For landings, SVT displays runways with proper perspective, centerline, and numbers, often accompanied by an inset window for additional flight information.

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This display shows how Garmin created a different color and apparent texture for water so that there is no confusing it with the blue sky presentation.

**You can see the Garmin SVT “pathway” boxes stretching out ahead and below the airplane. The boxes represent the desired path in space, both laterally and vertically, so to track the course you need to keep the flight path marker flying th?

**As you approach an obstacle the SVT display enlarges the symbol to make it visually jump out. If you continue on a collision course the symbol turns yellow when impact is less than 60 seconds away, and finally red when the threat is 30 se?

**When you near the desired runway the SVT shows the pavement in proper perspective along with the centerline and runway numbers. The inset window on the lower left can show a variety of additional information, a wider view of the area arou?

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