Free Aeronautical data

I've been giving some thought on to how to replace DAFIF navigation data
now that it's going away. And I think the solution is a community of
pilots, software developers and others interested in aeronautical data
developing and maintaining data which can be shared by all interested
parties.

I've started a discussion on what I'm talking about on my blog at
http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/12/01...onautical-data

If you're interested in my ideas or in participating in the discussion,
please go there and have a look.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction into a
battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day."
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On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:55:41 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in ::


I've been giving some thought on to how to replace DAFIF navigation data
now that it's going away. And I think the solution is a community of
pilots, software developers and others interested in aeronautical data
developing and maintaining data which can be shared by all interested
parties.

Wouldn't data from sources other than the government expose
participants to liability?

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:55:41 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in ::
I've been giving some thought on to how to replace DAFIF navigation data
now that it's going away. And I think the solution is a community of
pilots, software developers and others interested in aeronautical data
developing and maintaining data which can be shared by all interested
parties.

Wouldn't data from sources other than the government expose
participants to liability?

Why? The FAA has rules as to what is valid for primary navigation, and
"random **** you downloaded from the internet loaded into some piece of
freeware you downloaded from palmsource.com" isn't on the list. It's not
like people are going to be loading this data into a TSO'ed GPS.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Windows, another fine product from the folks who gave us edlin.

FLIP charts will be avialable for about two more years, DAFIF publicly
available for about another year.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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I've been giving some thought on to how to replace DAFIF navigation data
now that it's going away. snip
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/