AIP
NOTAM Radius of Influence Calculation using QGIS
Quick review on how to calculate the NOTAM radius of influence using QGIS
AIP
What do ICAO regional offices mean by AIXM Interoperability?
I want to know what AIXM interoperability tests are all about according to ICAO regional offices, comments welcome at the blog post
AIP
Magnetic variation updates and calculation of isogonals (magnetic isolines) for aviation charts
Brief almost tutorial of how to generate isogonals, you can trim a bit of the procedure but I left it just for completeness which may be useful in other situations
AIP
UK ENR Obstacles in XLS but no easy digest
If you will publish digital obstacles it is better if they can be directly ingested by any GIS software
AIXM
NOTAM – Radius of Influence
So after talking a little bit about the issues with NOTAM checklists (thanks to Hatem Jaouadi and Jan-Ove Digernes (JOD) for additional comments) now I want to discuss another thing that is important and that in many NOTAM offices in the world are struggling to deal with, this is the Read more…
Aviation
NOTAM checklist common errors
A few of the most common mistakes on the NOTAM checklist format for peers to review and improve the information they are sending
AIXM
Making an Instrument Approach Chart using QGIS (Aeronautical Charting) – Part I
usually one of the things when I travel to provide instruction in the AIM domain or PANS OPS is the recurrent complain about people about how expensive the tools are to be able to make charts. QGIS has just made a huge new release QGIS 3 which is very powerful and feature rich, I can say in some areas it is now ahead of the paid stuff but can it be used for Aeronautical Charting?
AIP
5 Practical Tips Transitioning to AIXM 5.1 Database and AIM software in general
Tips to transition to AIXM 5.1 DB and AIM software in general also https://soundcloud.com/aim101
Aviation
AIM 101 Podcast – Aeronautical Information Management
I have been working in aviation since 2008 and in about 2 months I will have a seasoned and experienced 10 years in this wonderful domain. Throughout the years I have evolved from just the GIS charting guy, to the guy that wanted to learn the other parts about AIS, Read more…
AIP
5 reason why we should only have AIRAC amendments
5 reasons why we should use AIRAC Amendments only! Ditch regular amendments, no one will miss them