AIM
Becoming a Certified QGIS Trainer for Aviation related Topics
Interestingly a lot of people ask about QGIS training for aviation and finally decided to take the plunge and become certified
Aviation
Looking back 2022, a story of aviation consultancy with sprinkles of GIS
This 2022 has been a good year for me personally and for business, PANS OPS and Aeronautical Charting are really taking off. See you in 2023
GIS
ICAO ENR 5.4 Obstacle template and the Aeronautical Data Catalogue
When I presented the AIMIND project which included the ICAO Abbreviations in a machine readable format there was a comment about also doing something for obstacles. PANS AIM Doc 10066 has put a lot of requirements and pieces in place to go digital but we are somehow still waiting to Read more…
AIP
AIMIND – ICAO Doc 8400 Abbreviations and Codes as a machine readable csv
AIMIND is short for Aeronautical Information Management Integrated data, it is not a system but an attempt to free from PDF information that can be instead be used in a machine readable alternative, the intention is to provide in csv format those tables currently siloed within PDF so that they can be downloaded and added to any system you can create or just open up with your favorite spreadsheet viewer and run a search on it.
AIM
Aviation QGIS style for Prohibited, Restricted and Danger Area
If you are using QGIS for aviation you may not have aeronautical symbology or styles, this is my first share of a Restricted Area style for using in your charts.
AIXM
Aviation Obstacle Data – What’s the deal?
Importance of obstacle data provision, format and update
AIP
PANS OPS, Aeronautical Charting and Aeronautical Information Management Consulting, What I have been doing lately
Consulting life and a quick summary on my first year
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
AIM
Are we really doing our jobs as Aeronautical Charting Specialists?
Over the last few weeks I have been preparing material for an upcoming aeronautical charting course to be delivered this 2020. It is a lot of reading of different ICAO SARPs between annexes and documents due to the nature of the data we are using, as such I started thinking Read more…
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