1. Airport GIS and Special Activity Airspace (Military)

2. Topics
From Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) to Aeronautical Information Management
From publications (paper) to data (digital)
Quality management
Airport Management
Digital survey standards
Airport Layout Plans and Metadata
Airport ATC operations management
Special Activity Airspace

3. Topics
From Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) to Aeronautical Information Management
From publications (paper) to data (digital)
Quality management
Airport Management
Digital survey standards
Airport Layout Plans and Metadata
Airport ATC operations management
Special Activity Airspace

4. Definition of Aeronautical Information Management services
Manage and deliver the information necessary to operate within the airspace system
Airport Operations
Airspace
Flight Planning
Weather
Services are the “glue” holding NAS together:
Mission essential – Used for strategic, tactical and operational air traffic control
Safety essential – Used for air navigation, separation assurance
Example services
Aeronautical Information Publications
NOTAMs
Pilot Weather briefings
Aeronautical Charts
Flight Planning Tools

5. Topics
From Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) to Aeronautical Information Management
From publications (paper) to data (digital)
Quality management
Airport Management
Digital survey standards
Airport Layout Plans and Metadata
Airport ATC operations management
Special Activity Airspace

6. Airport Management Survey Data logger and submission
Survey standardization
Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and Airport Metadata submission
ALP Submission Repository
Feature Extraction
Airport Office Routing
Airport GIS Services and Analysis
Airport Surface NOTAMs
Terminal Procedure Design
Airport improvements and performance metrics

7. Airport GIS – A foundation http://airports-gis.faa.gov/
FAA Advisory Circular 150/
Guidance for airport survey
Standards-based
Information management
Multiple uses for a single survey

8. Survey Process Standardization
“Chain of Custody”
Digital from the beginning
Based on standards
Benefits
Cost effective
Acquire once and use many times
Airport Management
Survey
Airport GIS
Airport NOTAMs
Facility Planning
Obstacle Charts
Airport Layout
Terminal Procedures

9. Airport GIS Data Standards Enabling digital capture and delivery
LandXML
Survey collection and transmission
Supported by survey collection system manufacturers
Supported by CAD and GIS software
Enables survey collection to CAD/GIS
AIXM / AirMAT
Airport Surface data content model
Features, Attributes, Relationships, Data capture rules
International standards
Enables information storage, exchange and multiple use

10. Airport GIS Services Digital Airport NOTAMs
Notice to Airman:
TWY S CLOSED BETWEEN P and E
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11. AIXM Requirements
FAA AIM Group is implementing AIXM throughout our programs
Airports GIS currently supports various file formats
Oracle, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, ESRI Shape, AutoCAD DWG, KML
Airports GIS’s development pipeline includes support for AIXM
Planning for this now

12. Approach
Planning ahead for future Airports GIS needs with our current mapping capability decisions
Current: Thin Client, Customizable, Visualization
Future: AIXM, Redlining & Annotation, 3D
Standards Based
Web Mapping Service (WMS)
Standard set of parameterized HTTP requests
Extended WMS with Luciad
To satisfy the unique requirements of Airports GIS
Our approach was to look to the future to ensure we are able to support the currently known program requirements in order to select the best visualization solution.
We are aligned with the tools & technologies of the AIM Group, ensuring compatibility of programs. Inclusion of the ability to support AIXM with the Luciad suite will help Airports GIS in this initiative.

13. Findings (1) Luciad WMS: Luciad WMS extensions:
Provided the OGC standard WMS foundation
Provided access to the LuciadMap core functionality
Luciad WMS extensions:
To meet the specific needs of Airports GIS
ex. addition of parameters specific to the Airports GIS project workflow framework (project #, etc.)
LuciadMap core provided Airports GIS with the core mapping functionality and customizability to meet our program requirements.
Airports GIS, as many programs, requires additional parameters to be communicated in a WMS request beyond the basic, standard ones. Using the Luciad Java API, we have included these parameters in an extended request.

14. Custom Java Code with Luciad API
Findings (2)
Benefits of Luciad’s Java based API toolkit
Reusability of code across applications
Near linear horizontal/vertical scaling
High quality image outputs
Clear scalability path provides application growth
Luciad WMS: Thin client / Server with WMS (distributed visualization)
LuciadMap / Lucy: Thick client for future functionality (editing, redlining)
Airports GIS v.1
Custom Java Code with Luciad API
Key feature for AGIS is the customization of the Java API.
Allows for code portability seamlessly between clients, based on particular user needs.
Airports GIS v.#
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15. Next Steps
Initial version of e-ALP built with Luciad WMS will be available Fall 2009
Next version of e-ALP will incorporate additional tools & advanced configuration
Redlining
Editing / Customization
Annotations
Our initial release is really just setting the baseline for the future capabilities of the program.
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16. Summary
Airports GIS is in the beginning stages of visualization implementation
Received positive results with first prototype
Current and future mapping criteria and ability to use AIXM considered in decision to use Luciad WMS

17. Topics
From Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) to Aeronautical Information Management
From publications (paper) to data (digital)
Quality management
Airport Management
Digital survey standards
Airport Layout Plans and Metadata
Airport ATC operations management
Special Activity Airspace

18. SWIM and AIM
The FAA’s System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Program is providing NextGen infrastructure for data exchange
Aeronautical Information systems will need to conform to SWIM’s architecture
Exchange of complete information facilitates efficiency in the NAS
Want to create a complete operating picture of the NAS
This presentation focuses on editing SUA and ATCAA definitions

19. Goals of AIM in SWIM Context
End-to-end SUA and ATCAA digitization
From definition to implementation
NASR will store digitized SUA and ATCAA definition data
SAMS will manage operational status and schedule
ERAM will report actual hot/cold status back to SAMS
All exchanges using AIXM
Support field requirements
The generated data should be used to create legal definitions
This includes user-friendly definitions that reference geographical borders (“geoborders”) like rivers, roads, etc.
Allow for communication between FAA and military stakeholders

20. Current Status SUA data is digitized by NACO and stored in NASR
Not truly “digital”: complex shapes are stored as textual descriptions
Cannot compute accurate metrics
Cannot display true geospatial representations of shape
ATCAA data is not nationalized
Each facility manages its own ATCAAs
Facilities may have conflicting definitions of same ATCAA
ERAM requires a single definition

21. Current Status, cont’d Demo built on LuciadMap software
Shape generation through CAD editing
Displays any background and standard aeronautical data (ARINC, DAFIF) for visualization
Want to support design within context
Mockups of website
Need feedback from users about what and how they want to communicate

22. Demonstration of Software

23. Conclusion
The FAA has a need for better information management to support decision-making
SWIM and AIM are providing the tools
Will require change in detail of procedures with few changes to FAA
In the end, we get better data and a streamlined process

24. Technological Details

25. Architecture of Demo Data stored in Postgres database
Interactions with database done through Apache CXF (FUSE Web Services FrameworK) web services
LuciadMap communicates only with web services
All data is stored and read as AIXM 5.0
Using the SAA extensions

26. LuciadMap
LuciadMap has proven to be useful as a tool for generating airspace editing capabilities
Primary issue with LuciadMap is lack of documentation
LuciadMap’s AIXM 5 capabilities are strong
By end of development, Luciad had implemented ability to read new AIXM 5 documents using user-provided XSDs