Abstract

Indigenous aeronautical database and charts
The aeronautical data currently available in India is being published as per the international standards of aviation by an American company called Jeppesen (A sub unit of Boeing). The authority to promulgate changes in data and the source of this data is AAI (Airports Authority of India). However this is published in a tabular form as HTML or PDF documents. This renders the data difficult to interpret and visualise. The Indian aviation companies are forced to pay heavy amount for annual subscription of this database to a foreign party. It was therefore decided to form a team of GIS professionals and check the feasibility of setting up a self sustaining system of information for our aviators.