Last update April 20, 2011
FAA Charts

Sectional, TAC and WAC Charts of U.S. - clipped, merged and tiled for 2010.

. . . for applications like NASA WorldWind or many other apps that use tiled image layers.

    The images were clipped, merged and tiled using FWTools and dstile from
the FAA/NACO Charts and are for non-commercial purposes.
    The merged images will not be kept up to date but may be updated yearly or ??
	
	There is another set processed, uploaded and being served that shows the
full charts in a checkerboard fashion including all text that may be kept up to date if 
there is sufficiant usage to make it viable.  They will be available with an 
EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) app that has been tested but still being changed before 
being released.  This includes GPS tracking with redundant receivers.  The app has the
basic functions for ADS-B display when receivers are availabe at a reasonable price.

    All of the 2010 charts can be zoomed down until the grain of the paper the 
images were scaned from by the FAA/NACO are visable.

	The 2010 set is being served for trial and are watermarked.
	A fee will be charged to download the 2010 set without/or minimal watermarks.
 
    Here are some basic examples for the layers for WWJ.  They will request the
watermarked 2010 images or display any of the sets that have or will be downloaded.
	
	Sectionals
    Sec_48.java     for US 48 States
    Sec_AK.java  for Alaska
    Sec_HI.java  for Hawaii
	
	TAC
    T_48.java     for US 48 States
    T_AK.java  for Alaska
	
	WAC
    WAC.java  for US 48 States and Alaska
	
	Here is an example for the C# version of WorldWind
    FAA.xml	

 
    The set done in 2008 have been served and available for download for free
for 2 years.	
    Some of the 2008 set are still be available for free download.
    The 2008 set in the .jpg format suitable for setup on a server has been removed.
	
	This set is still available at no charge to try.  If you get this set to work then
the 2010 or later set will work since the format is the same.

    This is the 2008 set.  The highest resolution for the 48 States has been removed.
    They are available in the 2010 set.
	
    L012dds.zip  - has levels 0,1,2 in .dds format (26,414,956)*
    L01234dds.zip  has levels 0 to 4 in .dds format (406,454,028)
    <*removed*>  the highest resolution level in .dds format (1,254,502,550)***

    Alaska_dds.zip  levels 0 to 5 in .dds format (304,452,758)
    Hawaii_dds.zip  levels 0 to 4 in .dds format (5,648,626)
    These can be placed in the WWJ cache when unzipped.

   *The small file can be used to set up and check your layer.
 ***For many purposes level 5 is not necessary, try just the lower levels first if
    you are short on disk space.

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   *Important: Get your layer set up and working with just levels 0, 1 and 2 first!
    Then you can take the time to download the larger .zip files.

  This is for personal not commercial use.  
  Several have asked about uses that are not "personal" but on a LAN that is not open 
to the public and permission was granted.
  There have been a few instances where the images were served or included in an 
application that was sold.

    For help on the layers check the WWJ forum

    There will be a minimal charge to download the 2010 set.
	These still are not to be served to the public or included in a
	package for sale or otherwise unless an agreement is made.

    email:  neil@nlneilson.com