AIRPORTS GIS UPDATE

Presented to | ACC Airports Technical Workshop

Presented by | John R. Dermody, Manager, Airport Engineering Division

Date | July 29, 2014

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Airports GIS Update

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AGIS Overview
NAV Lean / Aeronautical Data Management
System Improvements
Module/ Tool Development

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1. Airports GIS Overview

INPUT

OUTPUT
Aeronautical Charting data

Survey Data Collection

Instrument Procedures data

Geodetic Control

Photography Control

Airports
GIS

Data Standards

electronic ALP Tool

Modification of Standards Tool

Collection
Input

Aerial Photos

Obstruction data

Cloud Server of Aerial Photography

Planning
Application

Airport Planning

Airspace Evaluation Tool

Airport Design Tool

Engineering
Applications

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Airports GIS Homepage

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2. NAV Lean & Aeronautical Data Management (ADM)

2011-12 ADM Core Team Meetings
Feb 2012 Executive Action Group approval
January 2015 Airports GIS becomes Authoritative Source
for all Survey data including FAA Tech Ops Surveys
September 30, 2015 Airports GIS becomes the Airports
Data Authoritative source and Airports the Custodian

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Airport View of 5010 data in AGIS

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Displaying Safety Data in AGIS

Ongoing initiative to identify and correct problematic
geometry leading to Runway Incursions
Developed a GIS database inventory
We have now geo-referenced all Runway Incursion and
Hot Spot locations for all towered airports (2007 2013)
This database will be integrated within AGIS this FY to
view, sort, or query on each airport map

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Geospatially mapped locations

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3. System Improvements
New Servers required to Support Tool Development
Dec 2013 Server deficiencies identified
6 year old hardware, partitioned drive shared with OE/AAA
Load testing in May allowed 100 simultaneous users of 20:1

FAA Shared services will support new servers

Hardware delivered in May
Operational Date expected in August

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4. Airports GIS Module/ Tool Development

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Survey Module enhancements

Airspace Evaluation Tool - 20:1 SAV (Phase I)
Airspace Evaluation Tool Requirements (Phase II)
e-ALP module quarterly improvements
Modification of Standards in testing
Cloud server implementation

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Surveying Module
Enhancements being done to be compliant with
NAV Lean
Over 1,200 surveys in AGIS
Future updates to associated AC 150/5300-16, 17,
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Airspace Evaluation Tool - 20:1 SAV (Phase I)

Alaska Test started at end of January 2014

Revised several tables as result of test
Completed 4 Webinars
A beta tool including depiction of 20:1 TERPS obstacles
without pushing data to FPT has been implemented
for Alaska and Eastern Service Area
Test of 47 airports planned within ESA using full
automation with FPT
Starting in FY15, we will start developing additional
surfaces in tool besides 20:1 and GQS

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Airspace Evaluation Tool - 20:1 SAV (Phase I)

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Airspace Evaluation Tool - 20:1 SAV (Phase I)

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Airspace Evaluation Tool - 20:1 SAV (Phase I)

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e-ALP Tool
Quarterly Improvements
Data Collection and data viewer is working well
Printing capability has been improved
2nd Qtr - Cover sheet, vicinity maps, line weights, runway table
3rd Qtr Versioning complete, Set new requirements to align
with new ALP SOP
4th Qtr Update PDF Generation, Red Line, searchable
comments, MOS table.

APP added a contractor to assist with printing a user

defined ALP product (rotation, colors, extra sheets,
etc)

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eALP tool workflow

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How a typical eALP looks like today

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How a typical eALP looks like today

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How a typical eALP looks like today

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How a typical eALP looks like today

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Modification of Standards tool

Ready for testing
Allows coordination of Digital submission of MOS form
Testing in 2 regions to start soon
Operational at End of 2014 (in parallel track with MOS Order)

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Modification of Standards tool

* Above data is not real and used only for testing and development

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Modification of Standards tool

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Modification of Standards tool

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Modification of Standards tool

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Cloud Server Implementation

Imagery for 400 airports is available to all FAA LOB
Improving Quality of Orthoimagery
Need to upload both imagery and tiles to get desired resolution

Expect to have 1,000 airports available by end of FY

Project with FAA-AIM to add 2010 WAAS orthorectified
imagery
Inventory of all WAAS imagery, pilot to extract three airports 18B
data from WAAS imagery

Upload of legacy ALP and Signage and Marking Plans

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Thank you!
Airports GIS Team
John R. Dermody, Manager, Airport Engineering
Dr. Mike McNerney Team Lead

Dr. Shyam Parhi System Development

Terry Rhea Data Lead

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