Latest Contributions by AeronauticalSolutionTeam

Hey chaso17, Thank you for the screenshot, it has been a great help.  From the screenshot I notice that none of the ArcGIS for Aviation: Charting tools are available.  Most of the tools used within ArcGIS for Aviation: Charting require a valid Product Library and Aviation Production Database must be set.  Here is the online document of how to set them http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//0104000002t4000000 . The Create Airspace Lines tool requires the user to configure a Preference once the Production database has been set.  This preference allows the user to control how features are created by the tool and any parameters that may need to be considered for the data processing.  Here is a link to the help document outlining how preferences are created http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//010400000300000000 . Once the preference has been configured, you should be able to run the Create Airspace Lines tool.  The tool will analyze information from the Airspace feature class within the AIS data model and write any output to the AirspaceLine feature class.  These outputs will be based on an Area of Interest defined within the Product Library to ensure the output can be modified based on the cartographic product you are working with.  Here is the document outlining the functionality of the tool and some of the required prerequisites http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//0104000002zw000000 and  http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Creating_airspace_lines/0104000002zz000000/ . ... View more

Here is a link to the online Help that shows the supported formats for the Data Interoperability extension. This has been updated to the latest release of ArcGIS 10.2. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Supported_formats_with_the_Data_Interoperability_extension/004m0000002m000000/ Are there specific AIXM 5.1 features that are required for your use that are not supported by our importer? Thanks, Aviation Team ... View more

Hello, Currently the Import AIXM 5.1 to AIS does not support every feature in the AIXM 5.1 schema. We are constantly adding new features to the importer when we release newer versions of the software (through patches, service packs and major releases). This phased approach allows us to incrementaly add support as new data is available for testing. I have attached a document containing the AIS objects that are support for the AIXM 5.1 importer. The particular features that your file will import should be listed once the importer completes. For the conversion we are using the Data Interoperability's AIXM5 reader to read the xml/gml features then map those to the corresponding Feature Class/Table in the AIS. Data Interop uses tools like AttributeRenamer or SchemaMapper that allows us to easily move objects from one datasource to the other. If you right-click on the ETL tool and choose "Edit" in ArcToolbox, this will bring up the Data Interop "canvas" that will show you how we map from the source to the destination. Thanks, Aviation Team ... View more

Hello, One thing I did notice was that the version (build number) you are using for ArcGIS for Aviation is 2714 which indicates that is 10.2 Final release. The first thing I would suggest doing is to downloading and installing the Patch 2 for 10.2 I have Patch 2 installed locally and the ETL tools are showing up fine. You can download the patch from here: http://support.esri.com/en/downloads/patches-servicepacks/view/productid/197/metaid/2028#issues Thanks, Aviation Team ... View more

Hey Yusef, For annotation, the answer will always depend on the use case for creating the annotation.  If you are using the Create Feature Linked Annotation or Create Non-Feature Linked Annotation tools provided with ArcGIS for Aviation, there is functionality built into those tools that should be handling the annotation transformation based on the scale differences between the reference scale of the annotation feature class and that set on the Data Frame and subsequent (Product Library) Instance.  There is also an Update Annotation tool which will refresh the current annotation against its source feature class and any label expressions you may also have configured.  If these are the tools you are using in your own environment and you are still seeing the issues with annotation feature not being updated appropriately, please submit a customer incident through customer support for us to evaluate the workflow and identify any changes with the software that need to be made; or perhaps make suggestions about your current configuration that may help resolve the issues as well. The ArcGIS for Aviation tools are designed with multiple annotation features being created for all of you products regardless of scale within a single annotation feature class. ... View more

Hi, We have built an AIXM 5.1 importer using the ArcGIS for Data Interoperability extension that is available in ArcToolbox. In order to see the tools, you must have the Data Interoperability extension turned on. If you navigate to the Aeronautical Data Management Tools under the AIXM toolset, you will find it (Import AIXM 5.1 to AIS) there. Here is a link to the Online help for it: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//02960000000p000000 Let us know if you have any more questions. Thanks, Aero Team ... View more

Hey Gabriele, Thank you for the screenshot of the geoprocessing message. From the message it seems the Output Feature Class is not being recognized.  It is clear you have entered it as a parameter on your Z drive in a file geodatabase.  My next question is the Z drive locally on your machine or over a network?  If this is a network drive, can you please try the same workflow locally on your machine?  Another thing to possibly try is to define a new shapefile as an output to the tool as well.  You can do this by navigating to a folder location and defining a shapefile name and type (eg. OISOutput.shp).  If neither of these suggestions work, please let me know and we can schedule a webcast with you to see your workflow and help you through this. ... View more

Hey Gabriele, From the error messages you have provided, it seems your ObstacleSurfaceParameter table is empty.  From here you have two options.  With MCS 10.1 SP1 QFE5 installed,you can delete the ObstacleSurfaceParameter table from your Production Database and the OIS tools will simply use the default values from the specifications.  If you want to maintain your own values within the table, your second option is to populate the table with the recordset XML I have attached.  You should be able to do this using the simple data loader.  If you are in an enterprise environment, don't forget to enable versioning on the tables to ensure you will be able to edit them. ... View more

Hey Gabriele, First, please see another similar post outlining some of the requirements for the ICAO 14 OIS tool you may find useful.  http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82780-HELP-TOOL-ICAO-Annex-14?p=291771#post291771 The error you are seeing seems like the parameters for any of the surfaces are not populated.  This typically means the ObstacleSurfaceParameter table is either not present or not populated within your Production Database.  Depending on your version of ArcGIS, we have removed this requirement in newer versions meaning you can run the tools without the table.  The latest version of ArcGIS for Aviation is 10.1 SP1 QFE5 and can be downloaded here http://support.esri.com/en/downloads/patches-servicepacks/view/productid/157/metaid/1983 .  As for the visualization of obstructions, this is possible in ArcScene.  Our recommendation is that all datasets used for a visual analysis in ArcScene must be in the same projected coordinate system.  Some feature layers may need to have an extrusion applied using the actual height of the object.  In the upcoming 10.2 release, the ArcGIS for Aviation package will offer an automated analysis tool that currently compares TIN OIS features against point features and LAS files.  The output of this tool is a point feature class outlining all features within the comparison areas and the difference between the obstruction and the OIS surface.  Please let us know if you have any other questions. ... View more

Hey Roberto, The 10 version of the OIS tools including Annex 14 have a few requirements that must be met to use the tools.  Most of these dependencies have been removed in newer releases.  First, the user must have the input and output features classes they intend to use with the tools in an AIS or Airports data model based Production Database.  Both of these data models are provided as part of the Esri Aeronautical Solution.  Second, within the Production Database, there must be the 'ObstacleSurfaceParameter' table.  This table has been populated with all of the defaults values of each runway classification.   Third, for input and output features, the user must add either the ADHPCenterline and ObstacleArea feature classes from the AIS model as the input and output features; or the RunwayCenterline and ObstructionIdSurface feature class from the Airports data model.  With these three requirements met, all of the remaining parameters on the GP interface should become active and allow you to choose different options like Runway Classification and Runway Direction.  Please let us know if this helps. ... View more