Pentagon To Make Terrain Database Available For Civil Aviation

The Defense Department will release a version of its global digital terrain elevation database for use in civil aviation as part an effort to address controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), Vice President Gore announced yesterday. In a speech to the International Conference on Aviation Safety and...

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