Name: Shyam Parhi
Email: shyam.parhi@faa.gov
Organization: Office of Airports, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington DC
Short Bio:
Dr Parhi joined FAA in 2010 and since then he is leading the development effort of Airports GIS at Airport Engineering division of FAA. In this position he oversees the work of a team engaged in development, testing, and maintenance of Airports GIS.
My role at FAA: Airports GIS development manager
Abstract:
Airports GIS program collects Airports data, validate and verify it, and stores it in specific database. Airports GIS allows authorized users to submit changes to airport data. The verified data is used to develop several engineering applications. One of these applications is electronic Airport Layout Plan (eALP) whose primary aim is to move from paper to digital form of ALP. The first phase of development of eALP was completed recently and it was tested for a few pilot program airports across different regions. We conducted gap analysis and noticed that a lot of development work is needed to fine tune at least six mandatory sheets of eALP. It is important to note that significant amount of programming is needed to move from out-of-box ArcGIS to a very customized ArcGIS which will be discussed. The ArcGIS viewer capability to display essential features like runway or taxiway or the perpendicular distance between them will be discussed. An enterprise level workflow which incorporates coordination process among different lines of business will be highlighted.
