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Aerodrome Surface Detection Station (GB028)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: gb028.ttl
- Name
AerodromeSurfDetectStation- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- The site and equipment of a radar station designed to detect all principal features on the surface of an aerodrome, including aircraft and vehicular traffic, and to present the entire image on a radar indicator console in the aerodrome control tower.
- Description
- The aerodrome surface detection system is used to augment visual observation by tower personnel of aircraft and/or vehicular movements on aerodrome movement surfaces (for example: runways and taxiways).
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Geometry
- point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- Attributes
- SDY Surface Detection Station Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype AerodromeSurfDetectStation_surfaceDetectionStationTypeMeta; values: SDY_1 Automatic Dependant Surveillance - Broadcast Sensor, SDY_2 Multilateration Sensor
- HGT Height Above Surface Level — multiplicity 0..1; datatype HeightMeasureMeta
- RWOI terms naming it
- RWO_00069 Aerodrome Surface Detection Station
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.