-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: NGA Announcement in Federal Register] Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:21:01 -0500 From: Russell Guy <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> A bit ironic that NGA chooses National Geography Awareness week to announce restrictions of ONC, TPC, and JOG charts. At 04:09 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: NGA Announcement in Federal Register > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:35:01 -0600 > From: Paul Rascoe <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > [Federal Register: November 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 222)] > [Notices] > [Page 67546-67547] > From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] > [DOCID:fr18no04-31] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > > Office of the Secretary > > > Announcement of Intent To Initiate the Process To Remove > Aeronautical Information From Public Sale and Distribution > > AGENCY: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of > Defense. > > ACTION: Notice. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > SUMMARY: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to > remove its Flight Information Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical > Flight Information File (DAFIF), and related aeronautical safety of > navigation digital and hardcopy publications from public sale and > distribution. > This action is taken to accomplish the following objectives: > safeguarding the integrity of Department of Defense (DoD) aeronautical > navigation data currently available on the public Internet; preventing > unfettered access to air facility data by those intending harm to the > United States, its interests or allies; upholding terms of bi-lateral > geospatial data-sharing agreements; avoiding competition with > commercial interests; and avoiding intellectual property/copyright > disputes with foreign agencies that provide host-nation aeronautical > data. > The DAFIF and related digital aeronautical information files will > be protected from general public access on the NGA home page (<a > href=" > http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nga.mil > <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nga.mil> > "> http://www.nga.mil <http://www.nga.mil/></a> > ). Aeronautical Flight Information Publications (FLIP), > > Navigation/Planning Charts (ONC, TPC, etc.), and the DAFIF CD will be > available only through the Department of Defense (DoD) distribution > system. U.S. Federal and State government agencies, authorized > government contractors, and international agencies that currently > receive those products under formal or informal geospatial data > exchange arrangements will not be affected by this action. > > DATES: NGA will implement this action on October 1, 2005 (FY06). > > FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the > substance of this notice, contact Joseph S. Jarvis, Aeronautical > Division, MS L-27, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 3838 Vogel > Road, Arnold, Missouri, 63010-6238 (e-mail: <a > href=" mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>). > > SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NGA and its predecessor organizations (DMA > and NIMA) have published DoD's flight information products since the > late 1940s to support the worldwide missions of DoD aircraft. The > publications are sold to the public through the auspices of the Federal > Aviation Administration (FAA), and the digital data has been freely > available on the Internet. Notwithstanding a prior practice of making > some of DoD's flight information available to the public in the past, > NGA does not have a statutory requirement to produce aeronautical > products for general civil aviation. > With the proliferation of digital capabilities throughout the > international aviation network, the preferred method of information > exchange is shifting from paper-based to electronic dissemination. > Numerous countries that heretofore relied on host-government agencies > to compile and publish their aeronautical information have recently > transferred that responsibility to commercial or quasi-governmental > agencies. Some of these foreign agencies are beginning to assert > intellectual property rights to the aeronautical data within their > territorial limits and are refusing to provide such aeronautical data > to DoD so long as NGA makes it available to outside interests, whom > these agencies view as possible competitors in the international > marketplace. NGA relies on foreign data obtained through bilateral > geospatial information sharing agreements, and certain nations may > impose restrictions on their data against release to third parties. > Accordingly, there is a rational basis for limiting access to > aeronautical products created for DoD use to DoD and governmental end > users. > By removing national defense aeronautical data from open source > access NGA seeks to accomplish two additional objectives. First, NGA > will reduce the vulnerability of critical navigation data on the > Internet. Second, it will limit/eliminate unfettered access to that > data by organizations and individuals intent on causing harm. > In conclusion, with the accomplishment of this proposed action NGA > aims to protect the sources and integrity of its data, honor its > bilateral agreements restricting non-governmental use, avoid > competition with commercial interests, and allow NGA to focus on its > primary customers and mission, supporting the Department of Defense. > > > [[Page 67547]] > > > Dated: November 12, 2004. > Jeannette Owings-Ballard, > OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. > [FR Doc. 04-25631 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am] > > -- > > Paul Rascoe / Government Documents, Maps and Electronic Information > Services Librarian > The General Libraries / The University of Texas at Austin / Austin, > Texas 78713-8916 > [log in to unmask] / 512-495-4262 ******************************************************************************* Russell Guy [log in to unmask] Vice President http://www.omnimap.com/maps.htm Omni Resources Tel.: 800-742-2677 (USA only) International Map Specialists Tel.: 336-227-8300 (International) P.O. 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