At the present time AENA publishes on its Web portal a wide variety of information which is very useful for the personnel related to aeronavigability. This information, available with public or private access, is currently published in PDF format and it is actually somewhat limited if we take into account that we are dealing with geographic information. In the Aula an improvement of the methods of the current publication of the Aeronautical Information Division geodata is raised and their future incorporation into the Spanish SDI contemplated.

Initially the possibility of setting up an internal SDI (Intranet) will be studied; this would serve as a pilot study to assess whether the basic concepts of the conventional SDIs are applicable to aerial navigation information which from several perspectives appears to differ from the geographic information that is usually incorporated into SDIs. This assessment will allow defining the characteristics necessary for the establishment of the SDI and finding out whether a specific framework should be built for the creation of Aeronautical SDIs.

After having realized the analytic component, a conventional map server will be implemented as an expeditious manner of information publication; later the study of the implementation of an integral SDI will be started. Finally, in future phases it will be possible to propose programming of specific tools for navigation that will be incorporated into the map server interface.
 

 IDEE: Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain. www.idee.es

Objectives

The objective of the project is to research (starting from a previous deep data analysis) the feasibility of an Aeronautical SDI and later to set up a basic aeronautical map server and related applications

The specific objectives of the research are as follows:

 For Phase I: Analysis of data and SDI feasibility study

•  Analysis of dataset to be incorporated into the SDI.

•  Make sure that the information intended for publication complies with the minimum requirements.

•  Evaluate whether the aerial navigation data may be incorporated into a conventional SDI or they should be handled differently for them to be useful.

•  Study the elements to be taken into account for an Aeronautical SDI.

 For Phase II: Creation of a basic map server

•  Design and develop a map server based on OpenSource tools.

•  Prepare a manual/course on the use and manipulation of the available tools in the map server.

Key Results