Sat, Oct 29, 2011
Industry-First Letter Endorses Database Quality
Jeppesen recently received the aviation industry’s first
Type 1 Letter of Acceptance endorsement from the FAA, supporting
Jeppesen’s processing of navigation obstacle data. The
endorsement letter notes that Jeppesen complies with FAA Advisory
Circular 20-153A acceptance of aeronautical data processes and
associated databases and RTCA/DO-200A standards for processing
aeronautical data.
The FAA letter of acceptance ensures that Jeppesen’s
obstacle database complies with documented data quality
requirements necessary for providing essential aviation navigation
information for customers. The Jeppesen obstacle database contains
approximately 750,000 global obstacle data points generated from
more than 200 worldwide sources.
“Jeppesen is proud to receive the first Type 1 letter of
acceptance from the FAA, which verifies our standards and processes
used to create the most complete navigation obstacle database
available in the aviation industry,” said Tim Huegel,
director, Jeppesen Aviation Portfolio Management. “Jeppesen
obstacle data services are a critical component of our aviation
navigation solutions offering and help to increase situational
awareness related to man-made and natural obstacles for our
aviation customers worldwide.”
Jeppesen obstacle data is extracted and processed from source
material provided by governmental civil aviation authorities and
military agencies around the world. Obstacle information in the
Jeppesen database include (if known): obstacle type, geographic
coordinates, elevation above mean sea level, coordinate datum,
height above ground level, number of structures per obstacle,
lighting and vertical and horizontal accuracy.
Jeppesen obstacle data is used to enhance situational awareness
through presentation of information in terrain awareness warning
system (TAWS) applications and synthetic vision systems (SVS),
flight performance calculator systems and simulators. The
obstacle database also meets the operational requirements put forth
by Jeppesen’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) avionics
partners.
The Type 1 Letter of Acceptance from the FAA is based on generic
data requirements and provides recognition of a data
supplier’s compliance with RTCA/DO-200A standards. The
endorsement letter ensures that the processes for producing
aeronautical data comply with the advisory circular and documented
data quality requirements.
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