Air Traffic Control Towers

Air Traffic Control Towers

A point feature class displaying the location of air traffic control towers.

Attribute schema:

Air Traffic Control Towers

A point feature class displaying the location of air traffic control towers.

Column Name

Nulls

Format

Size

Description

Constraints

 

FEATURE_TYPE

 

No

Text

50

 

Unique feature type that identifies the type of feature.

Options:

  • Air Traffic Control Tower

 

 

NAME

No

Text

100

 

The name of the feature

The name should be that of the airport as named. The suffix of 'Air Traffic Control Tower' will be included in the name e.g., Brisbane Air Traffic Control Tower

 

 

ATTRIBUTE_SOURCE

No

Text

100

 

If the feature is named, the attribute_source is the source imagery, map, or data from which the features name has been obtained.

If the feature is not named, the attribute_source is the source imagery, map, or data used to define what the feature type is.  

 

 

ATTRIBUTE_DATE

No

Date

 

Date of the source imagery, map, or data used for attributing the feature.

 

ADDITIONAL_NAMES

Yes

Text

100

 

The feature may be commonly known by other names or have different spelling. Multiple additional names can be shown and separated by a comma.

 

 

ADD_NAMES_SOURCE

Yes

Text

100

 

The source map or data that the additional names were obtained.  Multiple sources can be shown, separated by a comma. If multiple sources are shown, the written sequence will be the same as the written sequence of the names themselves.

 

 

FEATURE_SOURCE

No

Text

100

The source imagery, map, or data that the spatial location of the feature was obtained from.

 

FEATURE_DATE

No

Date

 

Date of the feature source information that the location of the feature was obtained from.

 

USAGE

No

Text

20

 

The description of the type of civil and/or military use of the feature. Options:

  • Civil

  • Civil - Military

  • Military

 

dm_aviation_

usage

PFI

No

 Text

 

 

A Persistent Feature Identifier (PFI) is generated for each feature at the point of creation in the database. The value of the PFI will stay with the feature through all changes to the feature (both spatial and non-spatial) until the feature is retired. (See Persistent and Unique Feature Identifiers)

 

 

UFI

No

Text

 

 

A Unique Feature Identifier (UFI) is generated for each new feature at the point of creation in the database (at this point the PFI and UFI will be the same). The value of the UFI will stay with the feature through all changes to the feature (both spatial and non-spatial) unless the feature is split into multiple other parts. If the feature is split, the separate parts will retain the original PFI but new UFI’s will be generated for the split parts. (See Persistent and Unique Feature Identifiers)

 

 

CREATED_DATE*

No

Date

 

The date the feature was originally captured and first loaded to the database

*internal use only

 

LAST_EDITED_DATE*

No

Date

 

Date of the last editing or revision to the feature

*internal use only

 

UPPER_SCALE

Yes

Long

 

The upper scale for which the feature should be considered suitable for digital display.

dm_upper_scale

TEXT_NOTE

Yes

Text

50

 

For mapping purposes. Additional annotation that can be shown on a map.

 

 

ADD_INFORMATION

Yes

Text

255

A comment field (additional information)

 

Feature Type definitions:

  • Air Traffic Control Tower – A structure that houses the personnel and equipment used to direct and control the flow of air traffic in a specified airspace.

Usage defintions:

  • Civil – Primarily used by civilian aircraft

  • Civil_Military – Used by both civilian and military aircraft on a regular basis

  • Military – Restricted to military use only*not often mapped due to restrictions.

Upper scale:

  • 1:100 000 – all data

Capture process:

 

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER

 

Definition: A structure that houses the personnel and equipment used to direct and control the flow of air traffic in a specified airspace.

 

Alternate Terms: Control Tower

 

 

  • Capture as a 2D point at the base of the feature

  • The location is plotted from orthorectified imagery

  • Location can be obtained from AirServices Australia

  • Locations can be obtained from other datasets, existing mapping, organisations, Government websites, or other source material.

  • Reference with “Airport Areas” feature class data set

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