Automatic route planning for GPS art generation

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel approach to automated route generation of global positioning system (GPS) artwork. The term GPS artwork describes the generation of drawings by leaving virtual traces on digital maps. Until now, the creation of these images has required a manual planning phase in which an artist designs the route by hand. Once the route for this artwork has been planned, GPS devices have been used to track the movement. Using our solution, the lengthy planning phase can be significantly shortened, thereby opening art creation to a broader public.

A Novel Airspace Planning Algorithm for Cooperative Target Localization

“…Particularly, under the circumstance where passive transducers are loaded on the mobile platform, apart from the solution of target's location, the mobile platform's planning in the maneuvering airspace also exerts great effects on the precision of the target's localization. Based on the different targets and shapes of planned airspace, airspace planning is generally classified into route planning [17][18][19][20][21][22] and region planning [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The former one performs the optimal planning of the aircraft's route and tracks by clarifying the starting point and restricting the terminal destination on the basis of the aircraft's overload capacity and GPS localization [18,20] and applying dynamic planning [19], cooperative planning [17,21], etc.…”

“…Based on the different targets and shapes of planned airspace, airspace planning is generally classified into route planning [17][18][19][20][21][22] and region planning [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The former one performs the optimal planning of the aircraft's route and tracks by clarifying the starting point and restricting the terminal destination on the basis of the aircraft's overload capacity and GPS localization [18,20] and applying dynamic planning [19], cooperative planning [17,21], etc. The latter one conducts graphical or three-dimensional planning of the airspace by confirming the airspace and delimiting restrictions according to the radar's location and range of detection [23,24] on the basis of the application context and purpose, such as cooperative monitoring [24][25][26] or joint air defense [27][28][29][30].…”