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This paper presents a cognitive model of a pilot's navigation task and describes an The data show the advantage to a track-up map is its congruence with the experiment comparing a visual momentum map display to the traditional track-up and north-up approaches. ego-centered forward view; however, the development of survey knowledge is hindered by the inconsistency of the rotating display. acquisition of survey knowledge, but there is a cost associated with the mental rotation of the display to a track-up alignment fo r ego-centered tasks. visual momentum can be used to reduce the mental rotation costs of a north-up display. The stable alignment of a north-up map aids the The results also show tha