[Talk-us] Airport Tagging

[John F. Eldredge]

Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Rick Marshall
> <rick.marshall at verticalgeo.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2.  Who decides the geographical limits of an aerodrome?
> 
> If you don't have parcel data from a government GIS department, I
> would go with the fence that surrounds most airports if it's visible
> in the Bing imagery.  That usually takes care of the "I'll get into
> trouble if I cross this line" sort of questions.
> 
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> Jeff Ollie
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It would probably be prudent to trace the fence location from aerial imagery, rather than walk the perimeter with a GPS.  Otherwise, you are likely to find yourself under lengthy interrogation by the TSA, under the assumption that the mapping was a cover story, and you were really preparing for an attack on the airport.

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