A jet airplane containing sophisticated equipment is sent up to fly around for a couple of hours, continuously collecting data. In the context of this system, the interesting data is the position of the plane over time.
After the plane lands the collected position data is downloaded into a regular PC. Position information from up to 3 radars is also downloaded.
The plane's position is sampled 10 times a second, and the radars track many planes simultaneously. This means that the software has to process and filter a rather large amount of data. After the relevant data is extracted and analyzed, the user is presented with statistics, information about accuracy, and a zoomable charting system for the various ways one might want to inspect the collected data.
