A quick tour of the Aeronautical Solution
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This is a high-level overview of the Aeronautical Solution user interfaces and tools that allow you to manage aeronautical information and produce high-quality charts.
ArcToolbox
Aeronautical Solution includes a number of geoprocessing tools for all aspects of chart production including cartography, change detection, editing, data exchange, and obstruction identification surfaces.
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Cartographic production
The Cartographic Production toolset contains tools that create and maintain cartographic features.
Change detection
The Change Detection toolset contains tools that track changes to aeronautical data that affect charts and reports them in the Reviewer table.
Data editing
The Data Editing toolset constains a tool that updates x and y attributes or geometry of point features.
Data exchange with AIXM
Geoprocessing tools allow you to import and export AIXM 4.5-compliant XML documents to and from the Aeronautical Information System (AIS) geodatabase. The geoprocessing dialog boxes allow you to specify the import or export parameters. The tools can be edited by accessing the Data Interoperability Workbench window from the tool shortcut menu.
Obstruction identification surfaces
The Obstruction Identification Surfaces toolset contains tool that create obstruction identification surfaces based on the specifications outlined in FAA FAR 77, ICAO Annex 14, and ICAO Annex 15.
Feature Builder
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The Production Feature Builder toolbar and Feature Builder window allow you to create complex geodesic and ellipsoid features. In addition to simple functions (Point (Simple) and Polygon (Simple)), Feature Builder also contains aeronautical-specific functions (Bearing distance and Keyhole (One Point - Azimuth)).
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Production Feature Builder toolbar |
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Feature Builder window |
Aeronautical Solution toolbars
Aeronautical Solution tools and some ArcGIS Desktop and Production Mapping tools have been organized in aeronautical toolbars to facilitate data and chart production.
Aeronautical Annotation toolbar
This includes tools for creating and editing annotation:
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Aeronautical Data Management toolbar
This includes tools for creating and editing features:
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Aeronautical Editing toolbar
This includes tools for editing data:
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Aeronautical Layout toolbar
This includes some layout and surround element tools for general charts:
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Aeronautical Terminal Procedures toolbar
This includes some surround element tools for terminal charts:
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Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar
This includes tools to edit profile views and the elements within, such as vertical lines, runways, DME symbols, and fly visual arrows.
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Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar with vertical symbology tools exposed |
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Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar with drawing tools exposed |
- Altitude Editor
- Add DME Symbol
- Reverse Profile
- Add Runway
- Add Fly Visual Arrow
- Add Stipple
- Draw Tray to Scale
- Solid Vertical Line
- Dashed Vertical Line
- Solid Column
- Solid Column with Cone
- Solid Cone with Outline
- Solid Cone
- Relate Elements
- Unrelate Elements
- Straight Holding Pattern
- Curved Holding Pattern
- Angled Holding Pattern
- New Text
- Marker
- Line
- Curve
- Edit Vertices