Latest Contributions by DavidWickliffe

Maybe try it using a different browser.  I have no problems playing the video.  But the download button does not work for me in Chrome, while it does work for me in Firefox.   ... View more

Please see a recently posted video  Video Link : 5897 which includes running the ICAO Annex 14 OIS tool at about the 1:40 minutes into the video.   But we will make a more comprehensive video to cover the OIS tools in Pro sometime soon.   Thanks for asking! ... View more

Some new videos covering this in Pro are in the works and will be published soon. ... View more

Hi,    This warning indicates that the input Runway Features should have a populated runway designator field called  'RWYDESG'.  The RWYDESG field should be populated in this format:  '09/27', to ensure compatibility with Aviation Analysis tools ... View more

Hi Omer, You can run the Obstruction Identification Surfaces tools for multiple runways at a time. The Input Runway Features will honor a selection on the layer, so only selected features may be processed.  If there are no selected runway features, all features will be processed.     As far as merged surfaces, some of the OIS tools in Pro 2.4 will optionally produce an additional Merged Conical and Merged Horizontal surface.  There is a checkbox for this on the FAA 18B, FAA FAR 77 and ICAO Annex 14 tools.  The idea for this option was because approach, transitional or take-off surfaces would split these surfaces otherwise causing coincident parts of the conical and horizontal to be missing. So this option will use all the runways to create one merged horizontal and one merged conical surface.  You can use a definition query on the OIS layer to display the merged or the separate conical & horizontal surfaces for visualization and/or analysis.   If you need further functionality, please let us know.  We may be able to enhance to tools to better meet user needs. Thanks! ... View more

Hello,    There does not appear to be any text formatting tags, to handle this situation.    I think you would need to use a font with the Overline already included.  ArcGIS for Aviation includes some PLTS Outline fonts, but none that have the outline only on the top.  Maybe you can find or create a font for this. David ... View more

Hi Juan,   Looking into this further,  I found that I had made a mistake in telling you that the runway in question was ~617Km from the coordinate system's origin.  I was testing with the country's East coordinate system, but your data uses the West coordinate system.  I mixed up oeste with este!  Lo siento!   But it only further illustrates how that can be a factor.  The runway in question is ~ 55 Km from the Central Meridian of the projection, and distortions occur as you get farther away from it since it is a Transverse Mercator projection.   So, things scale slightly worse at 55 km away- hence 280.0147 instead of 280.0000. The tool reprojects the runway into an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the runway midpoint to construct the surfaces.  Then it reprojects the surfaces back into your target feature class.   The farther away the features are from the Central meridian, there greater the scale, distance, and area distortions.  It is just a compromise of using a projection over a wide area.  The coordinates are more accurate in the azimuthal equidistant projection.  The accuracy can be better preserved by reprojecting into a more accurate target location.   So, the suggestion is still to keep your airport data in a projection that is centered on the airport to minimize distortions.  Note:  Other projections like Lambert Conformal Conic are most accurate along the standard parallels, so it really depends on the type of projection used in regards to how you customize those projection parameters.  ... View more

Hang on there David!    This tool is supposed to compensate for this issue by projecting the data into a local azimuthal projection in a scratch workspace to generate output with the precise dimensions before projecting back.    We are looking into this further! ... View more

Hi Juan,    I looked at your test data and found that if you use an XY coordinate system focused on your runway, the Obstruction Identification Surface tool will produce results better matching your CAD data.  I tried this by making my own projection from the Transverse_Mercator one used by your dataset.  You can do this in the ArcMap Data Frame Properties> Coordinate System tab.   Select the existing coordinate system and right-click> copy and Modify.   Give the new coordinate system a new, more local name,  and edit the values for Central_Meridian and for Latitude_Of_Origin.  I gave Lat/Long coordinates corresponding to the midpoint of the RunwayCenterline feature.  Ensure you set your ArcMap data frame to your new local coordinate system.     Now You can use the  Create Aviation Geodatabase GP tool to create a new Airports 18B geodatabase and set the XY coordinate system to your new local projection (and the Z coordinate system to the same used by your test data).     Now when you run the Obstruction Identification Surface tool,  output to the Airspace\ObstructionIdSurface.   You can then use the Polygon To Line GP tool and look at the SHAPE_Length values in the output feature class, in particular see the 280 meter wide Runway Strip width that you reported.   You can also use the Feature Vertices To Points GP tool and do some Measure tool measuring on the points.   There are distortions in a projection the farther away from its origin- in this case the intersection of the Central Meridian and Latitude of Origin.  Your runway location is about 617 Km away from the coordinate system’s origin and I see about 1.2 meter difference in the Runway Strip width within this coordinate system.   So it is best to make use of a more locally focused coordinate system. David ... View more

Hi Juan,    I am going to contact you directly for more details.  Hopefully we can find out the cause of the differences and can later post the answer. David ... View more

One important thing that you will need to do when loading your AIS geodatabase, is to populate the GFID fields on the feature classes and tables.  See Populating the GUID field—Help | ArcGIS Desktop .    If using the ImportAixm51 or ImportAixm45 functions, this is done for you.  But if you are populating it by other means (I suggest ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension if you will repeat the process)  You would need to ensure the GFID fields are populated since they are used by tools and by relationship classes.      You would populate the Airspace feature class; think of that as the actual data.   AirspaceLine and  AirspaceArea are populated for chart specific cartography by tools.  You would use these tools further down the implementation process,  once the data is loaded/edited and you are configuring chart products.  see:  Airspace line creation—Help | ArcGIS Desktop   Airspace area creation—Help | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

From your other question from today,  I see that you are getting the AIS data model applied to a geodatabase.  This is the best way to proceed before getting into label/anno creation.   There is a production procedures guide in the help which you should see, assumes the AIS data model to implement and build upon.   please see:  AIS chart production—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop      You will see that the AIS data model has aeronautical feature classes and has cartographic feature classes (their names have '_C' appended).  The aeronautical feature classes can be populated using the ImportAixm51 function if you have AIXM 51 data -or loaded by ETL or manually.   CartoCommander is used to populate the cartographic feature classes.  VST is used to populate the label fields in the cartographic feature classes.  Create Feature Linked annotation tool is used to populate annotation classes (which need to be user created) from the cartographic features.    There is a lot of configuration in order to get all these pieces to work.  But once implemented, chart production is highly automated. ... View more

Hi Alongkorn, You can import the AIS data model into a file geodatabase and set that up as your Production Database.  You can also use a file geodatabase for you Product Library database, too.   You would be able to run most all of the tools needed, except for the Change Reporter.   You may want to see if you can use Database Server Desktop (SQL Express) in order to take advantage of versioning.   But file geodatabases are great to use for learning.  So on a an empty file geodatabase, right-click and choose Import XML workspace document and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\AviationCharting\Desktop10.3\Schemas and choose AISCharting_WGS84_GX.XML.    Also, didn't you have a previous query about requesting a copy of the training materials from the ArcGIS for Aviation Class you took?  We seem to have lost that post.  To follow up,  if you can send your request to aero@esri.com and tell us your Organization and supervisor's name and where and when you took the training, we may be able to share these with you.   Thanks. ... View more

Hi Alongkorn,    Do you have ArcGIS for Aviation: Charting?  If so, is your data in a geodatabase within the AIS data model?  You mention 'shapefile'.    ... View more