Improvement of Airport Information

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Improvement of Airport Information

• Paul Bosman
• EUROCONTROL DSA/AIM
• mailtopaul.bosman_at_eurocontrol.int
• http//www.eurocontrol.int/ais

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Todays Agenda

• Who are we (and what do we do) ?
• What were the Aeronautical Information related
  findings of the Task Force ?
• What can we do together ?

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Aeronautical Information Issues

• Integrity of AI considerably below ICAO
  requirements
• Dissemination not timely
• Inconsistencies have proven consequences (safety,
  economic, capacity)

Product based with resultant lack of flexibility
responsiveness Requires considerable processing
for end-user use (e.g. cannot be easily ported to
flight deck) Does not cover all user needs (GtG)
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The Response
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Relevant Runway Safety Issues

• 1 PUBLICATION OF AIRPORTS INFORMATION(including
  MAPS AND CHARTS)Improve the management process
  of aerodrome maps and charts
• 2 VIII.1 ERRONEOUS INFORMATIONEstablish feedback
  mechanisms with users to detect erroneous
  information
• 3 Airport Information ERGONOMICSReview the
  ergonomics of Maps and Charts to improve their
  readability and usability
• 4 AIRPORT INFORMATION STANDARDISATIONConsider
  AIS work on information standardisation

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1 PUBLICATION OF AIRPORTS INFORMATIONImprove the
management process of aerodrome maps and charts
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2 VIII.1 ERRONEOUS INFORMATIONEstablish feedback
mechanisms with users to detect erroneous
information

• Aeronautical Information Co-ordination Support
  Forum
• Unites the Providers with the Users
• Contains Advanced information, problems,
  responses

• Live since Dec 2001 --gt gt850 users

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3 Airport Information ERGONOMICSReview the
ergonomics of Maps and Charts to improve their
readability and usability

• Aeronautical Charting Task Force
• Reviewing Annex4 ..
• Concept - Charting per phase of flight
• - Automated production (GML --gt SVG)

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4 AIRPORT INFORMATION STANDARDISATIONConsider
AIS work on information standardisation

• a) Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
• b) Electronic AIP
• c) Airport mapping

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b) Electronic AIP

• Truly Electronic version of IAIP
• Based upon XML technology
• Web/CD-rom/Paper/.. distribution
• Fully ICAO compliant
• Independent of local systems
• (DBs, Word Processors)
• Uniformity in structure,
• content presentation

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c) Airport Mapping

• Based upon request of Airport Unit
• Full support FAA/NIMA/NGS/NACO
• Creating an exchange format, based on
• ED-99/DO-272, User Requirements for Aerodrome
  Mapping Information, for the exchange and
  storage of aerodrome data.
• Geography Mark-up Language (GML)/XML-based
• Result Airport Mapping XML Schema (AMXS)

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And then what ?

• From any input
• Into any (but standardised)
• representation
• To any device
• Thereby enabling automated
• applications with
• NOTAM visualisation
• GPS
• ...

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Chicago O'Hare, Photographic Survey FAA
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Chicago O'Hare, Digital Map FAA
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Chicago O'Hare, Digital Map - Detail FAA
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Chicago O'Hare, ESRI ArcView FAA
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Chicago O'Hare, AMXS !
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From AUTOCAD to AMXS

• SCHIPHOL Animation

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Any device
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NOTAM visualisation
(C0265/01 NOTAMN Q)VTBB/QLXAS//M/A/000/999/ A)VTBD
B)0209101200 C)0209111659 D) E) TWY S CLOSED
source JCAB
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Things to take home

• 1) Ensure full communication between Data
  Originators Publishers
• 2) Exchange information electronically where
  possible
• 3) Actively participate in AGORA
• 4) Fill in (relevant parts of) Charting
  Questionnaire
• 5) Exploit your survey investments through the
  real powers of emerging data technologies and AIM
• Its a real challenge but together we can make it
• http//www.eurocontrol.int/ais

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XML

• What is XML?
• Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) is a clearly
  defined way to structure, describe, and
  interchange data.
• Developed by the World-wide Web Consortium (W3C).
• Text-based and adheres to a set of rules.
• Object-oriented.
• Why use XML?
• Both machine and human-readable.
• Lends itself well to describing objects.
• Already widely adopted as a medium for data
  exchange, particularly in Internet applications.
• Enables data to be separated from its
  presentation.

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How does AMXS look like ?

• Aerodrome Mapping Apron Polygon type
• ltcomplexType name"appType"gt
• ltannotationgt
• ltdocumentationgtAircraft accessible apron
  areas that are not aircraft stands, aircraft
  stand taxilines or apron taxiways.lt/documentationgt
  
• lt/annotationgt
• ltcomplexContentgt
• ltextension base"uramiftrBaseType"gt
• ltsequencegt
• ltelement ref"uramiAPP_UID"/gt
• ltelement name"Geometry"
  type"uramigeoPolygonType"/gt
• ltelement name"status"
  type"uramiCODE_STS_SFC"gt
• ltannotationgt
• ltdocumentationgtCode indicating
  state of apron at day of data generation/revision.
  lt/documentationgt
• lt/annotationgt
• lt/elementgt
• ltgroup ref"uramiSurface"/gt
• ltelement name"lighting"
  type"uramiTXT_DESCR" minOccurs"0"gt
• ltannotationgt
• ltdocumentationgt A free text
  description of the lighting system on the
  apron.lt/documentationgt

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GML

• What is GML?
• Geography Mark-up Language (GML) is an XML
  encoding for geographic features.
• Developed by the Open GIS Consortium (OGC).
• Provides encoding mechanism for
• Points,
• Lines,
• Polygons etc.
• Enables content to be separated from
• presentation.
• Why use GML?
• Public, global standard.
• Application-independent.