An argument for creating at least a "sister project" to OSM for airspace mapping is that, in the USA at least, FAA regulations limit the operation of kites and balloons based on airspace. If projects like OpenAerialMap and Cartagen are to take off (pardon the pun), access to air space information will be key.
Specifically, FAA limits kites and balloons to 150 feet AGL within 5 miles of a FAA designated airport or helipad. Outside this boundary, you can operate up to 500 feet. You can also make other arrangements working with the closest air traffic control tower and issuing a pilot's NOTAM. But all of this becomes a geospatial/mapping problem. The list of FAA designated airports and helipads is constantly being updated. Fortunately, it's public domain data that is geocoded, so it's easy to work with. Calculating that 5-mile boundary is also fairly easy. The trick to NOTAMs is that the ATC like to know the angular direction from the tower and linear distance (i.e., 145 degrees, 15 miles). Being able to easily calculate that information and generate NOTAMs would facilitate hobbyist aerial photography. But this still could be done fairly easily with just OpenLayers and maybe at WFS server. Since the information is dynamic (but the ontology is fairly static), it doesn't make much sense to use OSM to manage the information. -Eric Wolf -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Andy Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Ákos Maróy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > totally agree - I would put all this into a separate database. BTW, how > > would one set up his own OSM online database for such a purpose? > > Have a look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/The_Rails_Port to get > started. > > Cheers, > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >
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