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The Chart is Dead

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Key Takeaways:

  • The aviation industry, like publishing, is undergoing a technological shift away from physical media (paper charts) towards digital data-driven systems.
  • Jeppesen, a leader in aviation charts, is at the forefront of this change, transitioning from a printing business to a data company that provides digital solutions.
  • New digital systems aim to improve pilot safety and efficiency by seamlessly integrating flight data into intuitive displays, reducing the reliance on paper charts and minimizing the risk of human error in data interpretation.
  • While paper charts will likely remain for some time, the future of aviation navigation points towards a fully digital, data-driven approach that offers enhanced information presentation and situational awareness.
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(September 2011) No matter how much we might want to deny it, this age in which we live is defined by new technologies, new behaviors and new ways of looking at and interacting with the real world. Nowhere is this clearer than in the fast-changing world of publishing, where the model for how we deliver our content to our customers has irrevocably changed. If we’ve learned anything these tumultuous past 20 years, it’s that unless we change, we’ll be relegated to the status of MySpace and AOL. If you’re unfamiliar with the references, you might want to search for their profiles on Facebook.

The changes to aviation are only slightly less extreme than those in publishing, but only because the devices in which we achieve flight are blunt physical machines made to bend air into lift and heat into propulsion. (This fact delights me to no end, by the way.)

Isabel Goyer

A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.

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