Airline Route
- Diego Cesa de Meira (Unlicensed)
Description
Airline Routes contains domestic and international flight routes to/from Canada. Since June 2014, this dataset is no longer available for public. Special request can be made with Department of National Defense.
Originator
Public Domain – OpenFlights.org
Use Cases
As a Manager, I want to be able to visualize availability of airlines routes offered in the north so that inspection trips can be planned more effectively.
Source(s)
Description | Source | Format | Date | Update Frequency | Metadata | Cost | Link | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airline Routes | CSV | 2014 | N/A | N/A | Free | EGIS Data Folder: AirlineRoute_Airport.gdb.zip | Updates no longer available |
Remarks
In order to create the shortest route, also known as Great Circle Route between two airports, a third party online tool from GPSVisualizer.com is used.
Process for EGIS integration
TC Smart Maps:
Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.
Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.
TC Smart Maps KML link: \tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\Aerodrome\AirlineRoute\AirlineRoutes.kmz
Customization:
Schema transformation: As required
Denormalization: Not required
Value coding: Not required
Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability
Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance
Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization by airline is recommended to improve visualization
Format translation: Not required
Language translation: French version not available
Update frequency: As identified