Mission monitoring system

A method for displaying a mission, the method comprising:

• storing map data associated with a geographic region of interest and a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to a plurality of mission assets;
• assigning one of a plurality of graphical layers to each of the plurality of graphical elements;
• facilitating the user inputs via the layer manager to selectively activate the plurality of graphical layers via a selection matrix that is arranged to facilitate the selective activation of the plurality of graphical layers associated with each of a plurality of situational awareness features associated with each of the plurality of mission assets;
• displaying a graphical rendering of the selectively activated graphical layers superimposed over a graphical virtual environment of the geographic region of interest via a display system;
• changing a perspective view in three-dimensional space of the graphical rendering of the selectively activated graphical layers superimposed over the graphical virtual environment of the geographic region of interest on the display system;
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• monitoring a graphical rendering rate of the display system relative to at least one threshold associated with an acceptable range of operation of the display system with respect to the graphical rendering rate of the display system in a feedback manner in response to the selective activation and deactivation of the plurality of graphical layers associated with the plurality of graphical elements.

A mission monitoring system comprising:

• a receiver to receive situational awareness data associated with at least one mission asset;
• a data store to store map data associated with a geographic region of interest and a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to at least one mission asset, characteristics associated with the situational awareness data, and to mission constraints, wherein each of the plurality of graphical elements comprises a layer assignment associated with one of a plurality of graphical layers;
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• a human-machine interface (HMI) comprising:
• a layer manager to facilitate user inputs to selectively activate the plurality of graphical layers associated with the plurality of graphical elements;
• a display system to display a graphical rendering of the selectively activated graphical layers superimposed over a graphical virtual environment of the geographic region of interest;
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• a performance monitor as a histogram with respect to the graphical rendering rate of the display system to provide graphical feedback of the graphical rendering rate of the display system relative to at least one threshold associated with an acceptable range of operation of the display system based on the selective activation and deactivation of the plurality of graphical layers associated with the plurality of graphical elements.