Posts about stuff relating to airports
Fast-Time Simulation: Visualisation & Making Decisions
I have only just touched the surface of this concept, and I am excited by its power, but it is time to wrap up this series on fast-time simulation. I’ve created a flight schedule, built an airport and subjected it to almost three years of punishment. Today’s post is a quick look at visualisation of the results and what decisions it could support.
Big Brother: Tracking Passengers
Passenger tracking technology has become an increasingly important part of modern airport management. From check-in to boarding, passenger tracking systems help airports monitor travellers' movement throughout the terminal to improve the overall passenger experience. In addition, with technological advances in various spaces, airports can gather swathes of data on people's movement around their terminals within tight budgets while being mindful of privacy concerns.
Aerodrome Geodata & The Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan (ALOP)
In light of COVID-19, partly because of it or exacerbated by it, the Australian Government has published an issues paper on the Future of Australia’s Aviation Sector with public consultation open until 13 November 2020. The paper is looking at a range of issues and not just COVID-recovery-related topics. They are also looking at regional access, airport regulation and funding.
One section in particular caught my eye and that was looking into the Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan (ALOP) and possible changes designed to free-up local government options. There is an interesting comment in this section that I wanted to explore using data-driven decision making (D3M) and some pretty cool data-visualisation tools that I have recently discovered.
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