Nav data VRP's

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What is the current status of including VRP's in the IFD540 nav data? I believe the question is specific to Europe.

I had a conversation about this with Bill Schillhammer at AERO, and he indicated that Jepp is not very proactive with defining a naming convention for these. The issue is that the names are not unique (many airports have E, E1, E2, N, S, etc VRP's), so a 5-char convention needs to be defined. Jepp clearly has the data, since the VRP's appear on all the Jepp VFR/GPS charts (both graphically and in a table with lat/long).

Having these in the nav data would be a huge advantage over the 430. Flying in/out of a new airport with 5-10 of these is a pain since they need to be added manually as user WP. Of course, maintaining them manually is also an issue, since locations change slightly from time to time.

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chflyer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2013 Location: LSZK Status: Offline Points: 1022	Post Options Post Reply Quote chflyer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Nav data VRP's Posted: 16 May 2013 at 3:59am
	Hi What is the current status of including VRP's in the IFD540 nav data? I believe the question is specific to Europe. I had a conversation about this with Bill Schillhammer at AERO, and he indicated that Jepp is not very proactive with defining a naming convention for these. The issue is that the names are not unique (many airports have E, E1, E2, N, S, etc VRP's), so a 5-char convention needs to be defined. Jepp clearly has the data, since the VRP's appear on all the Jepp VFR/GPS charts (both graphically and in a table with lat/long). Having these in the nav data would be a huge advantage over the 430. Flying in/out of a new airport with 5-10 of these is a pain since they need to be added manually as user WP. Of course, maintaining them manually is also an issue, since locations change slightly from time to time.
	Vince

AviJake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Location: Lincoln MA Status: Offline Points: 2815	Post Options Post Reply Quote AviJake Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2013 at 7:58pm
	Hi Vince, Yup, very familiar with VFR Reporting Points but we have deferred that out of the initial release. We'll get them in at some point however - we definitely get how important/useful they are in Europe.
	Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com