The MAP section of the 8-part AIP forms a large part of the new AD section located in each airport subsection under AD 2.24. This means that the charts require new page numbering and re-location into the AD section. The process used to transfer the charts is subject to the quality and format of original chart data and careful consideration must be made before starting the process.

Page replacement

If the production process is such that the charts are produced and printed independently of the AIP then the new AIP will hold place markers for each chart. The place markers provide instruction to replace the AIP page with the corresponding chart. This is a low cost option and will enable a gradual replacement of all charts with electronic source files in the future.

Scanning

When high quality film transparency charts are available, it is worth considering scanning the charts to enable direct placement into the APS application files. This will produce raster files in TIFF format and it should be noted that the scans will usually result in large file sizes. From experience it has also been found that colour charts do not produce the best results and conversion to black and white grey scale is a recommendation.

Vector originals

The best results are achieved if a CAD system is already being used to produce some or all of the Charts. An option is then to import these charts as PDF files into the AIP document.

Once again the initial import of charts in to the AIP for phase 1 would only require the charts in their current issued form. During phase 3, the charts would be re-evaluated for accuracy and where re-drawing is required, they can be automatically updated in the 3 part AIP document.

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