Web-based flight service. (Digest).Laser-Scan has developed its Notam Display System (NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services ), which enables aircrews to input routing information via an ordinary web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and retrieve and display all Notams (Notice to AirMen A notice containing information concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedures, or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. Also called NOTAM. ) that could have an impact on their flight. In response to the overload of Notams and the screening that is normally required prior to and during flight, the NDS will allow aircrews to identify only those Notams that are relevant to their particular journey, according to a variety of search criteria. Currently NDS, developed on the Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Object-Oriented Database, is available only for RAF usage, but will be
expanded to give worldwide coverage. NDS is based on LaserScan's
proprietary Gothic Web Mapper technology, and the aeronautical
information, which is used for contextual map displays, is updated on a
28-day cycle.
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