John Courte
Well Known Member
I just came across this yesterday and wondered if (or how badly) it affects the modern nav/EFIS situation for homebuilders.
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/flip.cfm
Basically, all the flight information and airport information that the NGA collects, worldwide, at taxpayers' expense, is being pulled from the pubic domain as of Oct 1 of this year. The reasons they give is that people who "wish to do us harm" could use this navigational info against us, and also, the navigational information of other nations is sometimes considered by those nations to be "intellectual property" and they're getting upset about the DoD just giving it out to everyone royalty-free. AOPA is not happy about it, and according to them, we lose 77% of the domestic navigational information currently available, especially critical data for US borders.
Do Jeppesen, etc depend on DAFIF and FLIP for their databases and if so, what are we going to do for an alternative? I would really not be happy about purchasing a 15k EFIS and not be able to update it with current aeronautical information.
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/flip.cfm
Basically, all the flight information and airport information that the NGA collects, worldwide, at taxpayers' expense, is being pulled from the pubic domain as of Oct 1 of this year. The reasons they give is that people who "wish to do us harm" could use this navigational info against us, and also, the navigational information of other nations is sometimes considered by those nations to be "intellectual property" and they're getting upset about the DoD just giving it out to everyone royalty-free. AOPA is not happy about it, and according to them, we lose 77% of the domestic navigational information currently available, especially critical data for US borders.
Do Jeppesen, etc depend on DAFIF and FLIP for their databases and if so, what are we going to do for an alternative? I would really not be happy about purchasing a 15k EFIS and not be able to update it with current aeronautical information.