DAFIF

DAFIF

DAFIF or the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File is a complete and comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Contents

Withdrawal of public access

DAFIF was publicly available until October 2006 through the Internet, however it was closed to public access because 'increased numbers of foreign source providers are claiming intellectual property rights or are forewarning NGA that they intend to copyright their source'.[1] Currently only Federal and State government agencies, authorized government contractors and Department of Defense customers are able to access the DAFIF data.

At the time of the announcement, the NGA did not say who the 'foreign source providers' were. It was subsequently revealed that the Australian Government was behind the move. The Australian Government Corporation Air Services Australia in September 2003 started charging for access to Australian data. Rather than exclude the Australian data, the NGA opted to stop making the data available to the public.[2]

USFIF

A product called USFIF or the United States Flight Information File which contains only data related to the United States was available on the NGA website until October 2007. NGA no longer hosts any aeronautical information on the publicly available website.

Replacement for Google Earth Data

Since the DAFIF data has ceased to be published from, new sources of the data have arrived, though none is (yet) a complete replacement:

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Benazir Bhutto International Airport — Islamabad International Airport بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ …   Wikipedia

  • Kaduna Airport — IATA: KAD – ICAO: DNKA …   Wikipedia

  • Mexico City International Airport — Benito Juarez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México Benito Juárez Mexico City International Airport as seen from a satellite befor …   Wikipedia

  • Marrakech-Menara Airport — مطار مراكش المنارة Aéroport Marrakech Ménara IATA: RAK – ICAO: GMMX …   Wikipedia

  • Macau International Airport — Infobox Airport name = Macau International Airport nativename = pt. Aeroporto Internacional de Macau nativename a = 澳門國際機場 image width = 250 IATA = MFM ICAO = VMMC type = Public operator = Sociedade do Aeroporto Internacional de Macau S.A.R.L.… …   Wikipedia

  • Chinggis Khaan International Airport — Чингис Хаан олон улсын нисэх онгоцны буудал IATA: ULN – ICAO: ZMUB …   Wikipedia

  • Vienna International Airport — Infobox Airport name = Vienna International Airport nativename = Flughafen Wien Schwechat IATA = VIE ICAO = LOWW type = Private owner = operator = Flughafen Wien AG city served = Vienna, Austria location = Schwechat, Austria elevation f = 600… …   Wikipedia

  • Gregorio Luperón International Airport — Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón IATA: POP – ICAO: MDPP …   Wikipedia

  • Baghdad International Airport — Not to be confused with Bagdad Airport. Baghdad International Airport مطار بغداد الدولي IATA: BGW – ICAO: ORBI …   Wikipedia

  • Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport — Infobox Airport name = Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz IATA = BAQ ICAO = SKBQ type = Public / Military owner = operator = Aeropuertos del Caribe S.A. city served = Barranquilla,… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”