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	WorldAeroData.com FAQ
		Corrections to the DAFIF info should be reported directly to NGA at quality@nga.mil.
		Be sure to give them the exact URL of the info that needs to be changed.
		The search engines crawl this site daily, so that should be some help to people searching the web for info that doesn't already appear here.
	worldaerodata.com /faq.php (247 words)

	Position Integrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		We are also sweeping DAFIF into our global Aviation Safety Database that is used to supply tailored aviation data extracts to various commercial, military, and scientific organizations.
		The Position Integrity DAFIF Viewer was originally developed for NASA JPL to aid in the evaluation of DAFIF as a commercially viable data source.
		Then go to the DAFIF Home Page and download the current AVDAFIF distribution, which is a collection of ESRI Shape files.
	www.dafif.org (409 words)

	X-Plane and FlightGear global airport and nav-aid data homepage
		We are actively seeking alternatives to the DAFIF data source, in partnership with several other users of this source of avaiation data.
		DAFIF: The US Department of Defense NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - formerly NIMA) DAFIF (Defense Aeronautical Flight Information File) data is published on a 28-day cycle and is global in scope.
		The primary data source for this process is the DAFIF data, but this is ‘blended’ with the taxiway data and data for smaller airports (that are not included in DAFIF).
	www.x-plane.org /home/robinp (3111 words)

	Re: To Markus
		The DAFIF data of the NIMA are available for free.
		DAFIF data are a nice and cheap option, but from a professional and realistic point of view, this data is not acceptable.
		Saying that I don't want to distribute DAFIF based NavData publicly does NOT mean, that I don't want to produce such a database.
	aerowinx.com /archive03.cgi/noframes/read/7108 (775 words)

	Open-Source Airport and Instrument Procedure Diagrams in SVG
		We chose DAFIF because of its global coverage and postulated XML as our data format, using SVG for graphics because it simplifies the generation of two-dimensional graphics from complex data.
		Aside from parsing DAFIF data files and calculating geodetic projections, which are implemented as custom Java code, the pipeline uses existing components.
		The only code we had to write was reading DAFIF data and calculating geodetic projections, code that would have been required regardless of the implementation.
	www.svgopen.org /2004/papers/SVG_Open_-_Andy_Clark_-_Abstract (2782 words)

	PMFP Recovery & Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Long time no see… Well, I was rather disappointed to hear that DAFIF navdata will not be published anymore for public.
		First PMFP version used Richard Stefan’s Pilot in Command 767 data files, for PMFP3 I integrated DAFIF datasets to the system for better data coverage… DAFIF integration was rather 1:1 and caused a very large load to the database server.
		DAFIF seems to be still the best source for free navigational data.
	www.pmfp.com /wp (364 words)

	Re: Finally: NavData Update for 0203
		However, this data is based on DAFIF sources and thus somewhat inconsistent with (ARINC) Electronic NavData (such as released by Prabal Ghosh).
		Last but not least, the DAFIF data DOES (incorrectly) distinguish between airways such as A1 and A1D (should be only A1).
		DAFIF people corrected this "bug", but it did not get through to Richard Stefan.
	aerowinx.com /archive03.cgi/noframes/read/6929 (771 words)

	Help Replace the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (or DAFIF) is a set of files that contain data on airports, navaids, waypoints, special use airspace and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world.
		For instance, the navaid.com database generators use the DAFIF data to find ICAO identifiers for airports in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other places where there 3 letter FAA id is not enough data to generate the ICAO id.
		The NGA is going to restrict access to their data so that only legitimate US State and Federal government agencies and their contractors may access the data.
	navaid.com /dafif.html (437 words)

	X-Plane airport, nav-aid, intersection and airway file definitions
		NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - formerly NIMA) DAFIF data as a primary data source for new releases of the X-Plane data files, and my master database system was then converted to run on Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
		After the DAFIF data has been imported into my database, I generate new versions of the data files (apt.dat, nav.day, fix.dat and awy.dat) used by X-Plane.
		The primary data source is the DAFIF data, but this is ‘blended’ with the taxiway data, and other smaller airports are also added, and many other corrections are applied to fix known errors and bugs in the DAFIF data.
	www.x-plane.org /home/robinp/FileDef.htm (3533 words)

	Waypoint Generation Datasources
		It doesn't include a lot of data that is in DAFIF, so only use this in conjunction with DAFIF data.
		Some data is taken from DAFIF, some is taken from UK and European AIP, but also includes ultralight ports and VFR reporting points.
		Not sure of the data source, but the airports that are also in the DAFIF data shows some minor discrepencies in position and elevation.
	www.navaid.com /datasources.html (1093 words)

	Navgps - NOTAMs
		Navgps uses the DAFIF database for world-wide av-data coverage.
		Navgps uses DAFIF aviation database provided by United State's NGA organization for it's non-USA coverage.
		For users who've already purchased it and if more issues are still due at the end of DAFIF termination, we'll come up with a fair policy.
	www.flynavgps.com /notams.shtml (768 words)

	NAVData - Service :: View topic - DAFIF has stopped his public service ...
		NAVData - Service :: View topic - DAFIF has stopped his public service...
		Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:56 am Post subject: DAFIF has stopped his public service...
		DAFIF (the main source of the AIRAC cycles from NAVData) has stopped his public service to provide digital datas.
	forum.navdata.at /viewtopic.php?t=56 (236 words)

	[Cumulus] DAFIF and kflog airspace file greatbritain.kfl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		So the DAFIF data appears to be good.
		The DAFIF data will soon stop to be publicly available, so we're going to loose our source of data for our airspace files.
		That has started the Cumulus developers team to look into adapting Cumulus to use the same SUA files the other programs do.
	www.kflog.org /pipermail/cumulus/2006-January/000223.html (362 words)

	CoPilotSoft
		Some countries (Australia, in this case) have turned their charting operations over to commercial companies, who are in turn asserting their copyright ownership of parts of the data that is included in the DAFIF.
		We think it is a rather drastic solution to a small problem, and it has a significant impact on general aviation since most planning sites and navigation products use this data.
		Existing customers are unaffected, as their are suitable alternatives for the USA data the DAFIF contained.
	www.copilotsoft.com /pages/internationalData.html (207 words)

	FCW.com News - NGA bans flight data from public view (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		NGA will remove the worldwide Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) that comes in a CD-ROM format from public sale in January 2006 and stop distributing it via the Internet in October 2006.
		"NGA could have offered a redacted version of the databases and stripped DAFIF of its Australian-supplied data so they could be kept public and available," said Patrice McDermott, deputy director of government relations at the American Library Association.
		DAFIF contains in-depth information about runways, airfields, airspace, navigation aids and military training routes worldwide, and Flip features detailed diagrams of global airports.
	www.fcw.com /article91698-12-12-05-Print (808 words)

	Google Earth Hacks Forums - Special Use Airspace discussion
		Department of Defense (DoD) customers will be able to access DAFIF and FLIP information after October 1, 2006 by accessing the NGA’s web site on the NIPRNet.
		Other Services/Agencies may choose to re-host DAFIF and FLIP data on their own protected sites.
		These entities will not be allowed access to the data after October 1, 2006 until they have established a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with NGA’s Office of International and Policy (OIP).
	www.googleearthhacks.com /forums/printthread.php?t=7269 (532 words)

	AeroPlanner.com
		VFR navigational charts (TPC, ONC, and GNC) for non-US airspace will continue to be available on AeroPlanner.
		Many descriptions and instructions in AeroPlanner will need t be updated and changed because of the loss of the DAFIF data, so please be patient when noting any inconsistencies between AeroPlanner data and written descriptions.
		If removal of non-US aeronautical data reduces or eliminates the need for your AeroPlanner subscription, contact us at info@aeroplanner.com for a pro-rated refund.
	www.aeroplanner.com /DAFIF.cfm (200 words)

	TENET Defence - MapLink DAFIF Filter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This means that visibility of all flight information such as airports, beacons and drop zones can be easily de-cluttered and layered to give your users the best display.
		The new MapLink DAFIF import filter deals with the DAFIF dataset in a completely flexible way - offering the user total control over the way the data is represented.
		The filter provides the capability for DAFIF data to be imported, projected onto the desired map projection, filtered and rendered exactly as you require it to be.
	www.tenetdefence.com /product/maplink/dafif.htm (259 words)

	Great Circle Mapper FAQ
		The IATA and ICAO databases were initially derived from a database which once lived at the Johnson Space Center, subsequently augmented with material from a varity of sources.
		Most ICAO data now comes from NGA's DAFIF® product (see Credits and Copyrights), the data quality of which was excellent.
		Unfortunately, IATA charges a large and recurring price for their data, so airport locations for non-US IATA codes (and scattered ICAO codes) continue to be derived from a patchwork of sources.
	gc.kls2.com /faq.html (3648 words)

	Land and Hold Short (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Well, the DAFIF — the free database of worldwide aeronautical information that used to be available free from the U.S. Department of Defense — has been gone for a few weeks, and it’s having repercussions that I hadn’t anticipated.
		Sure, I wish they still published the DAFIF (and I suspect their reasons for stopping are silly), but the real villains here are the Canadian government, the British government, the Australian government, and every other government that refuses to release free information to their own citizens about their own airspace.
		We were lucky that the U.S. DoD was willing to help cover that disgraceful gap for so many years, and that they have given us a good starting point for a free,collaborative airnav database (we still have the last DAFIF edition to start from), but our years of living off American charity have now ended.
	www.megginson.com /blogs/lahso/archives/2006/11/01/canadian-airspace-disappears-overnight-casualties-of-the-dafif (7365 words)

	AVSIM Online - Flight Simulation's Number 1 Site!
		DAFIF is a database of current aeronautical information compiled and maintained by the U.S. military.
		Like several other navigation products for Flight Simulator, FSC uses DAFIF to stay up-to-date with departure and arrival procedures.
		The trouble is with the DAFIF database that FSC (and other flight planners) use to get the current DPs and STARs: it may be current but it ’s not complete.
	www.avsim.com /pages/0606/FSC/FSC.htm (2667 words)

	[No title]
		NIMA can't change DAFIF just because you report a point has moved, but they can query the host nation air traffic agency to make sure they have received the most current information.
		Two editions of DAFIF are produced simultaneously to avoid having to modify every system that uses DAFIF when the new edition of is brought on line.
		Finally, downloading DAFIF is a much better option than it used to be.
	www.falconview.org /tips/hastert_tips_3-28-02.html (1391 words)

	The AVSIM Forums - Viewing topic #77614 - Chance to save DAFIF...
		Sorry for the somewhat offtopic post, but considering this information is somewhat critical to the use of the PMDG products, I thought this would be the best place to post this.
		The decision has been put to public comment and they are looking for input on the decision to remove it from public circulation.
		I might be worth consulting with him reference this new data to see if it's worth trying to save the DAFIF data.
	forums.avsim.net /dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=136&topic_id=77614&mesg_id=77614&page= (597 words)

	DAFIF Edition 8 - The DVD Cometh!
		The DAFIF DVD label should clue you in that there's a lot more data than just a single edition of DAFIF.
		The DAFIF 6 CD is being maintained for the time being since many systems still need it.
		When DAFIF Edition 6 disappears at the end of 2006 the set will be reduced to two discs and when Edition 7 goes away DAFIF will shrink to a single DVD.
	www.mission-planning.com /DAFIF8.htm (718 words)

	Linux.com - Environment
		Even within the US, there is data that is available in the DAFIF which is not in the
		For instance, the navaid.com database generators use the DAFIF data to find ICAO identifiers for airports in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other places where there 3 letter
		This source will be removed at october 2006 of the public access for several reasons.
	www.linux.com /howtos/Aviation-HOWTO/x714.shtml (258 words)

	VATSIM.net :: View topic - Future of navdata for flight simulation
		Navigraph is proud to announce the cooperation with Richard Stefan of NAVData-Service to provide the flight simulator community with FMS Data.
		In November 2005 the decision was taken to withdraw the data from public circulation.
		This was going to be an issue 1 OCT anyway, when DAFIF is no longer available, so I don't see how this service contributes to the problem you stated.
	forums.vatsim.net /viewtopic.php?t=12393 (1272 words)

	Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files (DAFIF) distributed by the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency are now available free of charge by FTP download.
		Support for DAFIF files is planned for the next release of avdbtools.
		New US database files were posted today based on NASD files valid from Dec 30, 1999 to Feb 24, 2000.
	www.ibiblio.org /fplan/latest_news.html (396 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions about fplan: Database Questions
		However, the next release of avdbtools will provide support for Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files (DAFIF), available from the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).
		The DAFIF database files include information for many major airports outside the United States.
		Another possible approach is to construct a small personal database of your own using information from other sources.
	www.ibiblio.org /fplan/FAQ-2.html (633 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		These files contain optional text-format files, for cut/paste use: FIXESXAV.ZIP DAFIF waypoints in ATCC "FIXES." format FIXESID.ZIP DAFIF* waypoints sorted by identifier FIXESFAC.ZIP DAFIF waypoints sorted by facility 1.2 HOW TO ---------- (1) As always, make a backup of your ATCC sectors, and run a virus scan on this package.
		This could be your ATCC folder, or you can create a new one called, for example, SECTMAP and put the files there.
		(3) The DAFIF excerpts may be in the same folder with other SECTMAP files, or you may put them in a separate folder.
	ourworld.cs.com /bobraemer/ownnav/sminstal.txt (498 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Neither NIMA nor its personnel will be liable for any claims, losses, or damages arising from or connected with the use of this product.
		The user's sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the DAFIF product.
		The product that was produced with the DAFIF data by Ocean View Communications has no Warranty, expressed or implied and Ocean View Communications makes no claim to the validity nor usability of the data contained wherein.
	www.oceanviewcom.com /fltpub/disclaimer.txt (121 words)

	Flight Systems Ltd
		The US NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) has confirmed that it will withdraw from public access, the DAFIF (Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File).
		This database file published every 28 days has been used by many aviation GPS navigation software suppliers to provide up to date world wide airport and airspace information for users
		Unfortunately, this means that NavGPS will be unable to supply any further worldwide database updates as of October 2006 (the announced date that electronic DAFIF will be withdrawn).
	www.flightsys.co.uk /8446/index.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (796 words)

	AeroPlanner.com FAQ
		This is what it says about DAFIF on their site:
		The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF®) is an unclassified flight information database incorporating U.S. Military-selected aeronautical data similar to that published in the DoD Flight Information Publications (FLIP).
		The DAFIF data is updated every 28 days.
	www.aeroplanner.com /genfaq.cfm (1206 words)

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