ABSTRACT
One part of the preparation for training targeting missions of the German air forcc is the study of the available information about the broader target area and the target objects itself This includes maps, pictures and intelligence data in general. In a two seat plane, it is the pilot's task to navigate to the target and it is the weapons officer's task to identify and mark the target. It is therefore imperative that both officers are able to infer from the data, they are provided with, the necessary infoID1ation to accomplish their mission. Yet, it is not only the kind or amount of data that determines the success of the preparation process it is also the form the data is provided in. It is obvious that a bad presentation or display of the available information will be less effective and helpful in the preparation and the subsequent mission than a good one. Most of the information provided to the aircrew is geospatial in nature.
