DAFIF or the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File is a complete and comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection analysis and
Withdrawal of public access
DAFIF was publicly available until October 2006 through the Internet, however it was closed to public access because 'increased numbers of foreign source providers are claiming intellectual property rights or are forewarning NGA that they intend to copyright their source'. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Currently only Federal and State government agencies, authorized government contractors and Department of Defense customers are able to access the DAFIF data. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government
At the time of the announcement, the NGA did not say who the 'foreign source providers' were. It was subsequently revealed that the Australian Government was behind the move. The Australian Government Corporation Air Services Australia in September 2003 started charging for access to Australian data. Rather than exclude the Australian data, the NGA opted to stop making the data available to the public. [2]
USFIF
A product called USFIF or the United States Flight Information File which contains only data related to the United States was available on the NGA website until October 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. NGA no longer hosts any aeronautical information on the publicly available website.
References
- ^ NGA Invites Public Comment on Proposal to Remove Aeronautical Information from Public Sale and Distribution. Media Release. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (December 3, 2004).
- ^ NGA bans flight data from public view: Agency cites intellectual property rights as reason for policy shift. Federal Computer Week (fcw. com). FCW Media Group (December 12, 2005).
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