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DESCRIPTION:The Federal Aviation Administration in collaboration with the C
 olorado Aeronautics Division selected the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal 
 Airport for its first virtual air traffic control tower in the nation. It 
 will employ advanced sensor technology and cameras to collect data and fee
 d information to a central location where controllers will be able to comm
 unicate with and direct airplanes in the vicinity of the airport.\n\nThe s
 ystem is designed with advanced\, ground-based sensor technology to monito
 r aircraft movement\, providing remote air traffic controllers with the sa
 me information a brick-and-mortar tower would give them. The system will b
 e unique to the NoCo airport’s layout\, with a central tower and two end
  towers\, one at each far end of the runway area to eliminate blind spots.
  Each tower is equipped with cameras - the central tower has 17\, arranged
  to give controllers a 360-degree view of the airport\, and the end towers
  each have six. The camera data can be zoomed\, tilted and panned via remo
 te control and preset settings. There’s a night-vision setting that illu
 minates the runways with neon lights and dims the screen for better visibi
 lity.\n\nBldg: Virtual tower building\, Ft. Collins Loveland Airport\, Col
 orado\, United States
LOCATION:Bldg: Virtual tower building\, Ft. Collins Loveland Airport\, Colo
 rado\, United States
ORGANIZER:gerry.roop@yahoo.com
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Virtual air traffic control tower tour
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/219844
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Federal Aviation Administration in col
 laboration with the Colorado Aeronautics Division selected the Fort Collin
 s-Loveland Municipal Airport for its first virtual air traffic control tow
 er in the nation.&nbsp\; It will employ advanced sensor technology and cam
 eras to collect data and feed information to a central location where cont
 rollers will be able to communicate with and direct airplanes in the vicin
 ity of the airport.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;The system is designed with advanced\, 
 ground-based sensor technology to monitor aircraft movement\, providing re
 mote air traffic controllers with the same information a brick-and-mortar 
 tower would give them.&nbsp\; The system will be unique to the NoCo airpor
 t&rsquo\;s layout\, with a central tower and two end towers\, one at each 
 far end of the runway area to eliminate blind spots.&nbsp\; Each tower is 
 equipped with cameras - &nbsp\;the central tower has 17\, arranged to give
  controllers a 360-degree view of the airport\, and the end towers each ha
 ve six.&nbsp\; The camera data can be zoomed\, tilted and panned via remot
 e control and preset settings. There&rsquo\;s a night-vision setting that 
 illuminates the runways with neon lights and dims the screen for better vi
 sibility.</p>
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