Wayne,
Good Idea!
Each jurisdiction would (ahem - should)
80/20 rule. While it's nice to have a
complete record of what's out there, capturing the data for the capital city
usually covers 95%+ of all needs. Large country towns are a bonus. Remote farm
houses really aren't in the race.
keep a spatial database (one that has a map integrated into it) of the location of each line, typically, in a format compatible with Mapinfo or ArcGIS.
Can't see any reason why this information wouldn't be available to the public...
Money. Data that costs to gather wouldn't be given out
for free.
Keeping this information up to date in a central repository available to pilots might be something that the GFA "IT people" could take care of.
Or, in keeping with the trend in the Spatial IT and Cartographic industry sectors, the information could be made available through what's known as WMS or WFS servers, converted to a Winpilot type format by someone in the know (at GFA? RAA? CASA? or all of the above...) and then used by pilots...
...Just got the replies by Scott and Derek, sorry, SWER wires are private? Huh?
I think they meant privatised. Which is correct in most
states.
By that, do you mean that they are run by the local councils or the elec. supply company?
Any electricity Supplier will still have this information in spatial format, which is interrigatable by us, most local councils have some kind of cartographic and planning division also...
Just a case of asking I think.
Ronald Marks.
(Spatial) Database Support Officer.
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