What's new in ESRI Aeronautical Solution

With the 10 release, the PLTS for ArcGIS—Aeronautical Solution was renamed ESRI Aeronautical Solution. There are also several new applications as well as enhancements to functionality that was previously available.

Model changes

There have been significant changes to the AIS data model to add further compatibility with the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 4.5 data standard. A variety of changes have also been directed at adding AIXM 5.1 compatibility.

Importing and exporting Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 4.5 data

You can now import and export AIXM 4.5 data through workbenches used with the Feature Manipulation Engine tool from Safe Software.

New geoprocessing tools

Instrument approach chart profile view elements

The enhanced editing environment allows you to further customize the profile view using tools available on the Drawing toolbar. It now supports manual edits to a profile in addition to automated edits. There are also new tools on the Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar:

Renamed tools for profile view elements include

Other enhancements to profile view elements include

Other new tools

Enhancements to existing tools

Integration of product library tree view

The Instances to Process pane has been added to the following tools to improve usability:

Other changes

Deprecated tools

The following functionality has been deprecated:


9/30/2010