Announcement of Intent To Initiate the Process To Remove
Aeronautical Information From Public Sale and Distribution
AGENCY: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of
Defense.
FR Doc 04-25631.
Federal Register: November 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 67546-67547]

SUMMARY: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to
remove its Flight Information Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical
Flight Information File (DAFIF), and related aeronautical safety of
navigation digital and hardcopy publications from public sale and
distribution.

This action is taken to accomplish the following objectives:
safeguarding the integrity of Department of Defense (DoD) aeronautical
navigation data currently available on the public Internet; preventing
unfettered access to air facility data by those intending harm to the
United States, its interests or allies; upholding terms of bi-lateral
geospatial data-sharing agreements; avoiding competition with
commercial interests; and avoiding intellectual property/copyright
disputes with foreign agencies that provide host-nation aeronautical
data.

Thanks to BeSpacific

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