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Old 13th Jul 2017, 18:46
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With all the technology we have at our disposal today, ('Go-Pro/High Res' Cameras, cockpit display screens, electronic flight bags, etc), surely it should be possible to provide crews with visual data, annotated as necessary, in addition to the charts which you obviously have to have.
This is already done by Jepp for a number of different airports if one cares to go that deep into the charts. As you mentioned, it is not done for all runways, but certainly is done for those runways I operate to where a little more "heads up" on the local area is advised.

However, I wonder whether such a chart would have done any good, as the pictures I've seen in the Jepps are always taken during daylight and could not cover all the variables of different airport, city, and sky lighting conditions. A picture does cover a thousand words, but only if those are the thousand words you're looking for.
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