Freeze on USG maps sales.

[David Lesher]

Has anyone noted that per: <http://www.nima.mil/portal/site/nga01/>

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA) announced November 18, 2004, it is
considering withdrawing its Flight Information
Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical Flight
Information File (DAFIF), and Navigation Planning
Charts from public sale and distribution.


http://www.nima.mil/NGASiteContent/StaticFiles/OCR/nga0411.pdf


This does not sound like good news for anyone outside of commercial
venders.

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[G.R. Patterson III]

David Lesher wrote:
>
> This does not sound like good news for anyone outside of commercial
> venders.

AOPA agrees. http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2004/041222dod.html

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

[Denny]

Your tax dollars and career bureaucrats at work...
Denny

[William W. Plummer]

David Lesher wrote:
> Has anyone noted that per: <http://www.nima.mil/portal/site/nga01/>
>
> The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
> (NGA) announced November 18, 2004, it is
> considering withdrawing its Flight Information
> Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical Flight
> Information File (DAFIF), and Navigation Planning
> Charts from public sale and distribution.
>
>
> http://www.nima.mil/NGASiteContent/StaticFiles/OCR/nga0411.pdf
>
>
> This does not sound like good news for anyone outside of commercial
> venders.
>
It looks like an opportunity for someone that likes publish maps and is
willing to suffer the hassle of licensing the databases.


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