FAA GPS data FORMATTED FOR YOUR use

[Michael] posted up-to-date GPS data sets in the GPX format.  These data sets are an alternate to paid updates. considering that GPX is a published conventional which uses an XML style formatting for location data [Michael’s] time was spent getting the original sets as well as finding a way to translate them for his Garmin EXTREX GPS.

The original data comes from — hang on, this is a mouthful — the us federal Aviation Administration’s facility Aeronautical data distribution System (FADDS). He had to apply for authorization to download it as well as to use it in producing a custom-made GPS build. He grabbed the flight terminal waypoints as well as navaid sets, then studied accompanying files detailing the data structure before writing his own visual fundamental 2010 program to spit out the GPX files. He says he wanted to make them offered in the spirit of the open Hardware/Software movement. This may be a lot of interesting for pilots (the kind that put nooks on the dashboard, not the kind who enjoy the aircraft from the ground), however we’re sure there’s a myriad of uses for non-pilots alike.