Initial steps towards digital AIM:
D-AIM
AIXM5 User group Meeting
Washington DC
27 February 2007
Sam Van der Stricht
AIM & GIS Expert
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
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Introduction
Digital-AIM
Demo
Conclusion
EUROCONTROL AIM Unit
Directorate ATM Programmes
•Core business:
• Defining strategy
AIS >> AIM >> SWIM
• Standardising AI exchange
Content models: define meaning of data
Exchange models: define data exchange, AIXM, AMXM, WXXM
 Support to implementation
Trials: xNOTAM, D-AIM
Architecture: future European ATM Architecture
definition (Single European Sky)
Programmes: CHAIN
Current Situation
Lack of collaborative sharing
Flow
Data
NOTAM
Flight
Data
Obstacles
Data
Application
Data
Application
Data
Terrain
Data
Weather
Data
Aerodrome
Mapping
Navigation
Data
Airspace
Data
Route Net
Data
Location
Data
Environmental
Data
Future situation
Standardised data exchange
Common Data Bus
Weather
Data
Terrain
Data
Aerodrome
Mapping
Data
Obstacles
Data
Navigation
Data
Flight
Data
Airspace
Data
NOTAM
Route Net
Data
Flow
Data
Location
Data
Environmental
Data
Future situation
Standardised data exchange
D-AIM ISO/OGC based
Weather
Data
Terrain
Data
Aerodrome
Mapping
Data
Obstacles
Data
Navigation
Data
Flight
Data
Airspace
Data
NOTAM
Route Net
Data
Flow
Data
Location
Data
Environmental
Data
Experimental Example
Seamless Data Fusion – SkyView2
Topography
FIR
Jetstream
Pressure
IR clouds
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Introduction
D-AIM
Demo
Conclusion
Digital AIM (D-AIM)
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AIM Requirements
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Deliver timely and filtered quality information into user contexts
Move towards a state of information exchange and sharing
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D-AIM high level principles
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EC 552/2004 interoperability regulation
Investigate new digital services in addition to current AIS output
System-wide approach
Separate data transport from data application
Open and interoperable data sharing
Focus on geo-spatial increment
Leverage existing standards
LFV Sweden – EUROCONTROL collaboration
D-AIM Positioning
Current AIS flow versus D-AIM
Data Users
Data Sources
Flight
Briefing
Airports
Data
Outputs
CNS
Infra
structure
ATSP
Pilots
Airspace
Designers
AIS
Organisation
AIP, Amd & Supp
AICs
NOTAM
PIB
…
Airlines
ATC
Others
Digital
AIM
Services
Commercial
Database
Providers
Other
Airspace
User
Other
States
D-AIM featuring (1)
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D-AIM architectural approach based on a Service Oriented
Architecture
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Loose coupling: service dependencies are minimized;
Autonomy: services have control over the logic that they encapsulate;
Abstraction: services hide logic from the outside world;
Reusability: logic is divided into services with the intention to promote reuse;
Discoverability: services are designed to be outwardly descriptive so they can be
found and assessed via available discovery mechanisms.
Use of OGC web services specifications
D-AIM embeds AIM standards into the current system to
achieve geospatial information sharing
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AIXM, AMXM, WXXM
OGC-OWS: WMS, WFS, WCS, CSW
D-AIM featuring (2)
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D-AIM Services increment: geo-enabled ATM
AIS
Distribution
Users
Capabilities
MET
Voice
ATS
Voice
NOTAM:
AFTN (paper/text)
Aircraft
Text
•TSA activation
SITA (paper/text)
Airport
•Navaid failure
ACARS (text)
•Route closure
•RWY/TWY
closure
SUR
ADS-B
D-AIM Standards:
AIXM
AMXM (Aerodrome
Map)
WFS
FIS-B
Graphic, geoenabled, location
based, timely,
filtered
D-AIM featuring (3)
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Chain generic data offerings with specific data needs
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Standardised D-AIM services exposed through standardised
interfaces
Service chaining
 Upstream generic services feed downstream specific services
Uplink
Services
Specific Services
Generic
Services
D-AIM
Services
Other
Services
D-AIM high level architecture
D-AIM geo server
Trial Definition
Temporary Segregated Area (TSA)
AIS
FIS
AIRCRAFT
CDTI
Moving Map
Broadcast
(Push)
GND Station A
GeoTemporal
AIM DB
TVA
Push
Pull
D-AIM WFS
FIS Server
GND Station B
TVB
GND Station C
TVC
ATS
Broadcast
Push
Active TSA = Closed
Sleeping TSA = Open
FIS-B GND Stations
Receive
Moving Map
TSA Broadcast Scenario
Activity Diagram
More use cases
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Runway/Taxiway closure scenario
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Creating common geo-spatial intelligence on the airport
NAV, SUR, AIS plugged into common data pool
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MET scenarios
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AMDB WFS
TRAFFIC WFS (ADS-B location)
AMDB-TRAFFIC overlay
SIGMET WFS
METAR WFS
METREPORT WFS
Support services
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GeoBin WFS for B-XML encoding
Catalogue service
D-AIM changes
D-AIM Benefits
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Geo-enable content provider output to enable downstream location
based information filtering and decision making support
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Increase safety by making information available WHEN and WHERE
needed
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Increase situational awareness through geospatial information
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Database driven common views
Common timely geospatial intelligence (en-route/aerodrome)
Fusion of multiple information sources
D-AIM Project Workflow
Architecture Design
Use Case definition
Generic Services Implementation
Functional Services Implementation
Use Case Execution
Reporting and Demonstrations
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Introduction
Digital-AIM
Demo
Conclusion
Demo
Content
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EUROCONTROL AIM
Digital-AIM
Demo
Conclusion
D-AIM
Interoperability Objectives
<Geo-enabled>
<Time-enabled>
<Seamless>
<Open>
Produce
Distribute
Share
Interoperable
Data Exchange
Use
Services
MetaData
Quality
Geometry
Temporality
Inside D-AIM
Cross Domain Concepts View
AIS
AIXM
Aerodrome
Data Domains
…
AIXM,AMXM
Terrain
Grid
Obstacles
AIXM
Flow management
AIXM
WXXM
Weather
Airspace management
AIXM
ENXM
Environment
Common ISO/OGC concepts
Portrayal
Services
…
CSW
WFS
WMS
AIXM
Aerodrome
CSW
WFS
WMS
AIXM,AMXM
Terrain
CSW
WCS
WMS
Obstacles
CSW
WFS
AIXM
Flow management
CSW
WFS
AIXM
Weather
CSW
WCS
CSW
WFS
AIXM
CSW
WCS
ENXM
AIS
Data Domains
GeoSpatial
Services
Catalogie
Services
Inside D-AIM
Cross Domain Services View
Airspace management
Environment
ISO/OGC Standard Interface
WMS
Grid
WXXM
ISO/OGC Standardised Services
Interoperable Data Exchange
“Data centric”
Information
Management
Managing Data Exchange
Questions?
Thank you!