Introduction…
We have just started working on a new section for the FPAssistant SDK and that it to import aviation data from many different sources. Over the years we have seen so many different data formats and our customers have had to write their own import routines. Now, in recent years some formats are becoming an International standard i.e. AIXM and others have become used on a country by country basis.
There will be a new Namespace called “AviationData” and here will be a set of import classes for the popular formats. We have started with the FAA DDOF format and overtime we plan to add as many as we can.
How will it work…
The plan is to pass the data file and path to a constructor and the API will be the rest by reading the data, checking where possible and converting to a collection of records for your app to process. We also plan to have helper methods to create Obstacles (Point, Line or Polygon) should you wish to go further.
This new tools does not detract from the web services, from FAA, ICAO, etc, where you can aviation data from, this is simply just another way.
Tell us the file formats you use…
But, we’ll need you help to, please tell us which aviation data formats you use and perhaps a little about how you use them so we can add to the wish list to be implemented.