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The point at which an aircraft navigating on an ATS route segment defined by reference to very high frequency omni directional radio ranges is expected to transfer its primary navigational reference from the facility behind the aircraft to the next facility ahead of the aircraft.
In AIXM 5.1.1, the ChangeOverPoint is related to a RoutePortion and not a route segment. Hence, to encode COP information, also a corresponding RoutePortion has to be encoded.
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| Identifier | Data Encoding Rule | Justification | Data Verification Rule | Remarks |
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| RSG-501 | The SignificantPoint used as start and of the RoutePortion as ChangeOverPoint shall be either a VOR or a TACAN. | Data consistency | TBD | |
| RSG-502 | The SignificantPoint used as end of the RoutePortion a as ChangeOverPoint is applicable to shall be either a VOR or a TACAN. | Data consistency | TBD | |
| RSG-502503 | The SignificantPoint used for the ChangeOverPoint.location shall be a Point. | Data consistency | TBD | |
| RSG-503504 | The ChangeOverPoint.distance shall be the distance from the start of the related RoutePortion. | AIXM 5.1.1 | TBD |
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