Abstract
Abstract. As the aviation industry moves from paper maps and charts to the digital cockpit and electronic flight bag, producers of these products need current and accurate data to ensure flight safety. FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) require certified suppliers to follow a defined protocol to produce authoritative map data for the aerodrome. Typical airport maps have been produced to meet 5 m accuracy requirements. The new digital aviation world is moving to 1 m accuracy maps to provide better situational awareness on the aerodrome. The commercial availability of 0.5 m satellite imagery combined with accurate ground control is enabling the production of avionics certified .85 m orthophotos of airports around the globe. CompassData maintains an archive of over 400+ airports as source data to support producers of 1 m certified Aerodrome Mapping Database (AMDB) critical to flight safety and automated situational awareness. CompassData is a DO200A certified supplier of authoritative orthoimagery and attendees will learn how to utilize current airport imagery to build digital aviation mapping products.
Highlights
Maps, charts, elevation models are all obvious requirements for a safe and efficient air transportation
CompassData, Inc. received a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that acknowledges the compliance of our ground control and imagery as source data for Airport Map Databases (AMDB)
As the aviation market moved to a digital format for Airport Mapping Database (AMDB) and Airport Moving Map, CompassData identified the need for certified ground control points (GCPs) and imagery data to support suppliers of aviation grade systems to meet growing demand
Summary
Charts, elevation models are all obvious requirements for a safe and efficient air transportation. Regulated airspace requires routes to be plotted and aircrafts to be tracked in the air between airports on ascent, decent, and on the ground of airports. The mapping product is referred to as Airport Mapping Database (AMDB). The purpose of the AMDB is to show an airport in digital form to pilots, operations on the airport site, and the traffic controllers in the tower. The evolution from a paper map to a 1m accurate electronic map enables sharing of an interactive common operational picture to support situational awareness for airport operations. The production of high accurate digital AMDBs requires orthoimages, digital terrain models (DTMs), and ground control points (GCPs). With the support of GIS software, these datasets are combined to build airport mapping products. The product is built in accordance with FAA and ICOA (jointly referred to as Agency) requirements by suppliers that have undergone a rigorous certification process to insure accuracy, consistency and completeness
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