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Radar sweep display
A plan position indicator (PPI) is a type of radar display that represents the radar antenna in the center of the display, with the distance from it and
Plan_position_indicator
Weather radar sweep display
The constant altitude plan position indicator, better known as CAPPI, is a radar display which gives a horizontal cross-section of data at constant altitude
Constant altitude plan position indicator
Constant_altitude_plan_position_indicator
Radar used to locate and monitor meteorological conditions
one angle at a time, the first way of displaying it has been the Plan Position Indicator (PPI) which is only the layout of radar return on a two dimensional
Weather_radar
Electronic device
the "real world". These displays are also referred to as a Range-Height Indicator, or RHI, but were also commonly referred to (confusingly) as a B-scope
Radar_display
American surface-search radar
frequencies and the first surface-search radar to be equipped with a plan position indicator (PPI), the ancestor of virtually all modern radar displays. The
SG_radar
Soviet long-range radar
this reduced range it was rarely used. The P-12 used two indicators, a plan position indicator in addition to an E-scope to indicate height, the P-12 could
P-12_radar
First airborne, ground scanning radar system WWII
set up to combine the magnetron with a new scanning antenna and plan position indicator display. The prototype's first use in April confirmed that a map
H2S_(radar)
Room in a warship or aircraft that functions as a tactical center
contact accurately, giving the set a vast expansion to include future positions, given unchanged relative courses and relative speeds. A CIC in a naval
Combat_information_center
World War II radar research organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
demonstrated shipboard potential: a prototype radar incorporating the Plan Position Indicator guided the vessel and three submarines safely into harbor through
MIT_Radiation_Laboratory
Marine radar capability
ability to display collision assessment information directly on the Plan Position Indicator (PPI), using vectors (true or relative) or a graphical Predicted
Automatic_radar_plotting_aid
Topics referred to by the same term
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PPI
Type of aircraft radar
airborne radar of World War II. It used rotating antennae and a PPI (Plan Position Indicator) display to allow its use for ground mapping. Although only a handful
FuG_224_Berlin_A
1940s class of aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
directors with integrated gyro gun-sight lead-angle calculators. A Plan Position Indicator (PPI) display was used to keep track of ships and enabled a multi-carrier
Essex-class_aircraft_carrier
Plan Position Indicator. Users have a pointing device with several buttons that provides access to the track file through the Plan Position Indicator
Track_algorithm
Nautical navigational aid
lubber's line, is a fixed line on the binnacle of a compass, or a plan position indicator radar display, pointing towards the front of the ship or aircraft
Lubber_line
British WWII naval surface search radar
a more powerful 70 kW magnetron for greater range and added a plan position indicator (PPI) display which eased the task of arranging interceptions.
Type_271_radar
German early warning radar system of World War II
historically important as the first radar system to feature a plan position indicator display, or "PPI". In Germany this type of display was referred
Jagdschloss_radar
British early warning radar system during World War II
motorized system to swing the antenna which allowed it to drive a plan position indicator (PPI) display which made shorter-range tracking dramatically simpler
Chain_Home_Low
who proposed a new, more accurate ground control display, the Plan Position Indicator (PPI), a new Ground-Controlled Interception (GCI) radar, and reliable
History_of_radar
Military aircraft fire-control radar family
features a redesigned radar scope in the rear cockpit that offers a plan position indicator (PPI) mapping display option and an adjustable range strobe for
AN/APQ-120_radar_family
Radar performance enhancement strategy
signals. Plan position indicator Scrolling notifications for new tracks, split tracks, and join tracks Range amplitude display Range height indicator Angle
Pulse-Doppler signal processing
Pulse-Doppler_signal_processing
equipment such as the radio compass receiver, compass indicator, or the radar plan position indicator. All of these require users to obtain certain knowledge
History_of_radio
Parameter in radar systems
"Blip" refers to the dots drawn on early warning radars based on plan position indicator (PPI) displays. A "scan" is a single search of the entire sky made
Blip-to-scan_ratio
replaced the coaxial cable signal feeds with waveguide, and added a plan-position indicator (PPI) system with several remote displays. While the 271 offered
Type_277_radar
range up to 30 miles. This was the first Royal Navy radar with a plan-position indicator. Further development led to the Type 277 radar, with almost 100
Radar_in_World_War_II
Storm characterized by lightning
can occur at any time of the day or year). Preparing a family emergency plan, for example, can save valuable time if a storm arises quickly and unexpectedly
Thunderstorm
naval centimetric target indication radar, later fitted with a plan position indicator. Type 271 had separate transmit and receive aerials, small "cheese"
List of World War II British naval radar
List_of_World_War_II_British_naval_radar
Rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction
the video. Search and weather radars have a circular display (Plan Position Indicator, PPI) that covers a round screen, but this is not technically a
Raster_scan
waveguide between the radar transceiver and the antenna. In a typical plan position indicator (PPI) radar with a rotating antenna, this will usually be seen
Radar_signal_characteristics
British naval early-warning radar developed during World War II
fitted with power rotation, at 2 or 4 rpm, and equipped with a plan position indicator. After the end of the war the Type 281 was replaced by the Type
Type_281_radar
Type of radar beacon
indicate the bearing to a navigational hazard when viewed on a radar plan position indicator (PPI) display. Some ramarks transmit a unique set of Morse characters
Ramark
Object detection system using radio waves
waveguide between the radar transceiver and the antenna. In a typical plan position indicator (PPI) radar with a rotating antenna, this will usually be seen
Radar
was replaced by Types 291M, P, and Q with power training and a plan position indicator. U and W variants with different antennas were produced for coastal
Type_291_radar
System for intercepting hostile aircraft
the support and bearing systems. Making a display system, the "Plan Position Indicator" (PPI), that displayed a 360 degree pattern proved surprisingly
Ground-controlled interception
Ground-controlled_interception
PT Parade Games (Bangladesh Cadet Colleges) PPI – plan position indicator PPS – Precise Positioning Service PPV – Protected Patrol Vehicle PRAC – practice
Glossary of military abbreviations
Glossary_of_military_abbreviations
Radar operation mode
antenna through 360 degrees and any returns were plotted on a plan position indicator (PPI). This gave the operators an indication of any targets within
Track_while_scan
Guidance system for a landing aircraft
with the PAR derived guidance information displayed on a special Plan position indicator (PPI) via VHF- or UHF-voice-communication. PAR GCA requires no
Instrument_landing_system
British radar system from WWII
the airspace around the station, a concept he referred to as a plan position indicator, or PPI. To test the concept, the AMES Type 8 was developed from
AMES_Type_7
claimed that the export had forced the United States to revise its war planning, and the United States refused to sell the AIM-9L Sidewinder missile and
Datasaab_affair
1996 submarine simulator
that the boats in the fleet got them. These include radar, the plan position indicator radar display, and the bathythermograph. Weaponry reflects what
Silent_Hunter_(video_game)
Class of six fast minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy
information. The centimetric Type 272, a target indication radar with plan position indicator (PPI), was fitted to the front leg of the foremast. Following the
Abdiel-class_minelayer
Automatic tracking microwave radar
allowed it to search for aircraft. This mode had its own dedicated plan position indicator (PPI) display for easy interpretation. When used in this mode,
SCR-584_radar
Type of chart
variation that does not display data in terms of polar coordinate. Plan position indicator Plot (graphics) Polar area diagram Parallel coordinates Radial
Radar_chart
Transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark
character radiating away from the location of the beacon on the normal plan position indicator radar display. The length of the line usually corresponds to the
Radar_beacon
215 MHz (1942) SW3C - miniaturization to fit on torpedo boats, plan-position indicator (1943) CD radar - coastal defense only (from 1942) CDX radar -
List of military equipment of the Canadian Army in World War II
List_of_military_equipment_of_the_Canadian_Army_in_World_War_II
using a new display system that overlaid symbols on a large-format plan-position indicator (PPI) radar display. Elliott received a patent for this "Peevish"
Comprehensive_Display_System
Counter-battery radar
size digital map for display at any time. Other modes include plan position indicator (PPI) display, RHI displays, etc. Up to 99 weapon locations can
Swathi_Weapon_Locating_Radar
Radar effect
radars were subject to strong returns from the ground and their plan position indicator displays often featured many permanent echos that blanked out portions
Radar_angels
Radar jammer
hundreds of times a second. These would be plotted on the radar's plan position indicator, filling it with so many "blips" that the bomber was invisible
Red_Shrimp
Acoustic sensing method
displays are generated by the computers, and mimic radar-type plan position indicator displays. Unlike active sonar, only one-way propagation is involved
Sonar
Luftwaffe maritime patrol radar system
updated radar display over the older FuMO 61 Hohentwiel U, it had a Plan position indicator display, known to the Germans as Drauf. Air force manual with full
FuG_200_Hohentwiel
Radio transmitter to locate people in distress
An emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats; it is a portable, battery-powered
Emergency position-indicating radio beacon
Emergency_position-indicating_radio_beacon
June 1944 its operators created a time-lapse film of the radar's plan position indicator creating a unique view of the airspace during the Normandy landings
AN/CPS-1
Computerized battlefield information system
was then transmitted back to all of the ships and displayed on plan-position indicators similar to radar displays. Commanders could then see information
DATAR
Soviet long-range radar
goniometer in similar fashion to the original P-3. The P-10 used a plan position indicator in addition to an A-scope to indicate height, the radar had a maximum
P-10_radar
Region of England
Summers. In 1939 at Cowes (Northwood) John Godeck invented the plan position indicator method of radar display as most commonly known ever since; the
South_East_England
Pseudoscientific personality questionnaire
The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire that makes pseudoscientific claims to categorize individuals into 16 distinct psychological
Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator
Late-World-War-II German airborne interception radar system
360-degree image of the sky around the aircraft that was presented on a plan position indicator (PPI). This version was later renamed the FuG 244 "Bremen", but
FuG_240_Berlin
British WWII anti-submarine search radar
developing the new H2S radar for Bomber Command. H2S featured a plan-position indicator (PPI), which produced a map-like 360° two-dimensional display of
ASV_Mark_III_radar
Early U.S. Army radar type that detected Pearl Harbor attack
additional controls to rotate the antenna at 5 RPM for use with a plan position indicator, like modern radars. The generator was driven by a LeRoi gasoline
SCR-270
Electronic warfare technique
reflection" before the transponder signal is superimposed. On a plan-position indicator, the false signal will appear as a second dot at increasing distances
Range_gate_pull-off
20th-century English electronics engineer
Radar Establishment). The group was responsible for the first plan position indicator (PPI) ever built, and they were granted two patents for their work
Geoffrey_Dummer
Helicopter dipping sonar system
in the aircraft and displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) in a plan position indicator (PPI) format. Returns were also processed and made available to
AN/AQS-13
Digital phased array radar used for weather observation
traditional parabolic antennas and even other phased array systems. Plan position indicator (PPI) scans: Radar beam is electronically swept horizontally for
Horus_(radar)
Measurement that evaluates the success of an organization
A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement used to evaluate the success of an organization, activity
Performance_indicator
Soviet long-range radar
target indicator to eliminate passive interference like ground clutter. The P-8 was also the first Russian radar to use a plan position indicator in addition
P-8_radar
Australian radio astronomer
becoming Australia's expert on the detection of aircraft using Plan Position Indicator (PPI) displays. After the war, in 1948, she published a comprehensive
Ruby_Payne-Scott
British Army World War II radar system
difference between CHL and CD was that the former later included a plan position indicator (PPI) which made it easier to track fast-moving targets. This was
Radar,_Coast_Defense,_Mark_I
Aircraft identification friend or foe system
to the one from the original Mark I but because Type 7 used a plan-position indicator display, the result was a series of small blips on either side
IFF_Mark_III
Soviet early warning radar
rotation of 10 r.p.m, the original P-18 used three indicators, including two plan position indicators in addition to a back-up A-scope. Like the P-12 the
P-18_radar
Cold War-era US Navy height-finding radar
the VK circular view indicator (Model VK Plan Position Indicator) and the VL range-height indicator (Model VL Range-Height Indicator). Essex-class aircraft
AN/SPS-8
Cold War-era British medium-range 3D radar
(L-band) cavity magnetron, a new large-format long-persistence plan-position indicator display tube, and a data link system to send the information to
AMES_Type_82
Weather feature
cyclone-like radar signatures over land when located with a low angle plan position indicator (PPI). In the lightning detection system, lightning holes (uncovered
Bounded_weak_echo_region
US Navy WWII type of ship
purposes other than locating and plotting minefields. The sonar had a Plan Position Indicator, similar to those on high quality modern radar, which showed mines
Destroyer_minesweeper
USAAF WWII-era airborne radar bombsight
first, a display being drawn outward from the center, the classic Plan Position Indicator, would naturally decode the signal back into a 2D display. The
AN/APQ-7
Canadian WWII-era radar system
changed the display from a B-scope displaying angle and range, to a plan position indicator (PPI) that produced a 360-degree view around the ship. PPIs made
SW1C
Former British radar research organization
navigation. G. W. A. Dummer, electronics engineer. He developed the plan position indicator radar display. As head of Synthetic Trainer Design Group, he was
Telecommunications Research Establishment
Telecommunications_Research_Establishment
system, and interior operator equipment: Tracking Console with Plan Position Indicator (PPI), A-scans for range/azimuth/elevation, AN/TPA-3 IFF/SIF electronics
AN/MSQ-51
Long range aircraft warning radar
"office display unit" (monitor unit design 44), and up to six remote plan position indicator (PPI) displays. Differences between Type 960 and 965M Type 965
Type_965_radar
Australian portable radar used in WWII
and the interceptor at the same time. This demands the use of a plan position indicator (PPI) display. On the other hand, range requirements are generally
Light Weight Air Warning Radar
Light_Weight_Air_Warning_Radar
Radar defence system in Britain in World War II
entire 360-degree area around the station, and presented it on a plan position indicator, essentially a real-time two-dimensional map of the airspace around
Chain_Home
Adjustment of radar video data
systems the polar oriented picture has been displayed in so called plan position indicators (PPI). The PPI-scope uses a radial sweep pivoting about the center
Radar_geo-warping
Submarine of the United States
S-31 became the first U.S. Navy submarine to be equipped with a plan position indicator, or PPI. The PPI originally was intended for Admiral William F
USS_S-31
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
operators rotated every 30 minutes and covered the antenna rotation, Plan Position Indicator (PPI) tube, range/height tube and plotting table as well as an
No._131_Radar_Station_RAAF
Height finder radar first built in 1957
radar. The system was designed to work with the Type 80 or similar plan-position indicator (PPI) radars; when an operator on the PPI wanted to measure the
Decca_HF200
American physicist
transmitter and greatly increasing the power. Still another was the plan position indicator (PPI), proving the well-known circular presentation on the screen
Robert_Morris_Page
Operators at the AADCP reviewed the 19 in (48 cm) orange interactive plan position indicator CRTs which displayed the AN/FSG-1 radar network's data, e.g., "14
AN/FSG-1
Family of phased array radar systems
predecessors. These generally used large radars for 2D scanning to a plan-position indicator (PPI) display and separate height finding radars for measuring
Marconi_Martello
Mobile anti-aircraft gun
included a search feature that spun the antenna and produced a plan-position indicator display, allowing a second operator to look for new targets anywhere
Radar, Anti-Aircraft No. 3 Mk. 7
Radar,_Anti-Aircraft_No._3_Mk._7
as the AA No. 4 Mk. 4. Modifications of this unit to provide a plan-position indicator display allowed it to be used for medium-range tactical control
Radar,_Anti-Aircraft
Minicomputer sold by IBM
navigation equipment. 5090: N02 Bridge Console. This provides a radar plan position indicator (PPI) that allows the navigator to communicate with and control
IBM_System/7
Numbering method for assigning routing addresses for telephones
following numbering plans and their respective numbering plan indicator values have been defined: While a telephone numbering plan specifies the digit
Telephone_numbering_plan
diodes. The basic model is the OJ-194/UYA-4, which has a 12-inch plan position indicator, six buttons with fixed functions, and 18 variable-action buttons
AN/UYA-4
Welsh physicist (1911–1991)
air interception, and a radar with a narrow rotating beam and plan-position-indicator (PPI) was developed and used by the RAF to direct fighters in October
Edward_George_Bowen
Mobile app
M-Indicator (stylised as m-Indicator) is a timetable app that primarily provides information about public transportation in the cities of Mumbai and Pune
M-Indicator
Type of aircraft radar
variety of other developments. One AI-10 unit was adapted with a plan-position indicator (PPI) and fit to Lockheed Electra Junior XJO-3. This first flew
SCR-720
Family of British radar systems for artillery
this provided a complete 360 degree scan that was displayed on a plan-position indicator. The operators of this second radar would call out contacts to
GL_Mk._III_radar
Rail traffic control systems used in the United Kingdom
are complete and the train may depart. A SPAD indicator is a separate indicator which may be positioned after a main signal where there is a likelihood
UK_railway_signalling
becoming Australia's expert on the detection of aircraft using Plan Position Indicator (PPI) displays,; in 1948, she published a comprehensive report
Deaths_in_May_1981
British radar network
it could be displayed alongside the aircraft on the traditional Plan position indicator (PPI) display. A third system was later added to the network, the
Linesman/Mediator
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
Male
Hebrew
(×ִילָן) Hebrew name ILAN means "tree."
Boy/Male
English American Celtic
Fair; handsome. Famous Bearer: U.S. actor Alan Alda.
Boy/Male
Indian
Good person
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Berkshire)
English (chiefly Berkshire) : from Middle English planke ‘plank’ (Late Latin planca). It is not clear how this word was applied as a surname: it may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a plank bridge over a stream, a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, or a nickname for a thin person.North German : nickname for a cantankerous person, from Middle Low German plank ‘quarrel’, ‘discord’.North German : metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German plank ‘measure for liquids’.South German : topographic name from Middle High German plank ‘plank’, ‘palisade’.South German : nickname for a fair-haired person, from a variant of Middle High German blanc ‘light’, ‘shining’.
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Parthalán, possibly PÀRLAN means "son of Talmai."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Good person
Boy/Male
Arabic
Stand Position
Surname or Lastname
English or Irish
English or Irish : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Position
Girl/Female
Tamil
Position
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a gardener, in particular someone with a herb garden, from Middle English plant (Old English plante), Old French plante ‘herb’, ‘shrub’, ‘young tree’. In English it may also be a nickname for a tender or delicate individual, from the same word in a transferred sense.French : topographic name for a planted area, in particular one planted with herbs or vines. Compare Plantier.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Plan
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Allen. This is the usual spelling of the personal name in England and Scotland, but is infrequent as a surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.French : altered form of Blanc.
Girl/Female
Indian
Little rock, Handsome
Male
Greek
(Πάν) Greek name derived from the word pa-on, PAN means "herdsman." In mythology, this is the name of a god of shepherds and flocks, who had the horns, hindquarters and legs of a goat.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a postern gate, from Old French posterne; in some cases it would have been a metonymic occupational name for a gatekeeper.English : habitational name from Poston in Herefordshire or Poston in Shropshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Possa + þorn ‘thorn tree’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Plan
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Plasnes in Eure.
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
Slender; Little Slender One
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Kannada, Lebanese, Malaysian, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Pashtun, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi, Swahili, Tamil
Wide; Unique; Without Rival; One of a Kind; Happiness; Exceptional; Another Name for God; Pearl; Precious
Male
French
 French form of Roman Latin Quirinus, CORIN means "men together." Compare with another form of Corin.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Emerald; Precious Stone
Girl/Female
British, English
Benevolent; Cheery
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Boar Valley
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, German, Greek
Seer; Oracle
Girl/Female
Latin
A nymph.
Girl/Female
Indian
Beauty, Beautiful girl
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Poem
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
PLAN POSITION-INDICATOR
a.
Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.
n.
Plain; flat; level.
n.
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
n.
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
a.
Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
n.
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
v. t.
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
a.
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
n.
Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
v. t.
To indicate the position of; to place.
n.
The positive degree or form.
n.
Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
n.
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
n.
A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
a.
Electro-positive.
v.
To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
v. i.
To make a petition or solicitation.
a.
Alt. of Plano-
a.
Of or pertaining to position.