The revised ICAO Annex 15 (draft) recommends that “Global communication networks and Web services should, whenever practicable, be employed for the provision of Aeronautical Information Products.” The PANS-AIM document does not provide any further details on this topic.The ” The ultimate goal is to provide aeronautical data through Web services. The provision of the data sets (as files) is considered as an intermediate step in that direction.The The rules provided in this section ensure a minimal harmonisation of the provision of AIP Data sets as files.
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