Land use compatibility planning software

US7908077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC · US

Inventors

• Alexander E. Smith · McLean, US
• Jonathan C. Baldwin · Alexandria, US
• Robert P. Blair · Wesley Chapel, US
• Thomas J. Breen · Tyngsborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A land use compatibility software module uses an existing suite of airport management programs to generate exception reports for FAA Part 77 land use compatibly surveys. Land use compatibility management is a manually intensive and time-consuming process. The noise officer may have to compute whether a proposed structure violates FAA's obstruction clearance criteria as set out in FAA's standard for obstacle clearance zones (Part 77). With these three-dimensional zone shapes entered into AirScene™, the user may enter lat/long and height data for potential obstructions, such as cellular telephone towers as mentioned in the above example. The system will plot the potential obstructions on the map and will determine whether or not the height and proposed position of the tower violates the FAA's obstruction criteria for that runway. The system may be used to generate “exception reports” for proposed structures.