Four-dimensional route planner

摘要

A computer implemented method of determining a route between an origin and a destination, the computer implemented method comprises: - (a) Receiving an origin node; (b) Receiving a destination node, the destination node remote from the origin node; (c) Defining a plurality of paths, each path originating at the origin node and terminating at the destination node and traversing one or more intermediate nodes; (d) Defining more intermediate nodes at varying altitudes in response to hazards that are defined with lateral and vertical dimensions; (e) Defining more paths utilising the intermediate nodes defined at varying altitudes; (f) Determining a cost associated with traversing each of the plurality of paths; and (g) Selecting a path that satisfies a predetermined cost function.