The Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority (RCAA) will continue to meet its strategic objectives of enhancing safety and security and increasing the efficiency of aviation operations by upgrading its implementation of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) software.

This new installation allows RCAA to continue creating high-quality cartographic products, supporting the operations of the organization. RCAA has been using ESRI’s ArcGIS software, an integrated collection of GIS software products, for three years. RCAA used the standards-based product for data management and the mapping and viewing of spatial data. RCAA upgraded its current ArcGIS solution to include the specialized extensions ArcGIS Data Interoperability, Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Aeronautical Solution, and 3D Analyst. The ArcGIS Data Interoperability software extension makes data import easier for RCAA by eliminating barriers to data sharing through state-of-the-art direct data access, complex data transformation, and import/export capabilities. The RCAA production lines also use ESRI business partner Safe Software Inc.’s Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) 2008, which extends ArcGIS’ data translation and integration. Once data is imported, PLTS for ArcGIS—Aeronautical Solution allows RCAA to efficiently manage its aeronautical information and produce high-quality charts. ArcGIS 3D Analyst allows RCAA to effectively visualize and analyze surface data from many viewpoints, query a surface, and determine what is visible from various locations — all important tasks when working with aviation data.