Graphical presentation of NOTAM data
Thanks QDM
My own view is that independent developers will get there first, hoever to do the job they need access to the whole of the NOTAM message, including the Q Line, which does not appear in the bulletins that were available in the past, or the current bulletins.
Included in the Q Line are the geographic location and the radius of influence which IMHO are essential to anyone producing a graphical presentation. For example there may be a TRA centred on an airfield, greatly increasing its CTZ for an airshow. You look at the map presentation. See a highlight on the airfield, but you're routing clear of their zone so you don't see it as relevant and blunder straight into the TRA.
I am trying to get us to a position where we have a daily download of an FIR aerodrome briefing and another download of an FIR en-route briefing, with geographic sorting so every airfield can have a standard briefing like the old A1/A8.
I would also like us to have a daily FIR download of the entire NOTAM, including the Q Line. This would enable you to load the information into a third-party software package to produce the presentation you want a la NotamPlot.
There would also be a market for an online service such as AvBrief where they would have live up to the minute data using a leased line into AIS.
Getting AIS/Thales to come up with a graphical presentation is a great idea but as the database is worldwide it's more of a job and likely to require significant development time and cost so I don't think we'll see it in the immediate future. They do read these posts so maybe they'll surprise us!
Mike