[Developers] mapping Zip codes to other location info?

[Paul Tomblin]

Quoting Paul Tomblin (ptomblin at xcski.com):
> Every airport in the world (at least the ones listed in its country's
> AIP) have a designated location point.  There are ICAO rules on how to
> place it, but there will be a survey monument at that location.

Sorry, I meant to expand those abbreviations, but I was composing the
message while in the air and it was nearly my turn to fly.

AIP == Aeronautical Information Publication.  These document all the
airports and navaids in a country's airspace.  There are strict
requirements for the format of these documents.  It's amusing to look at
the AIP for a country like Albania which only has one airport, but still
includes all the front matter and back matter required by the standards.

ICAO == International Civil Aviation Authority.  They are responsible for
making the standards that allow a pilot from Albania to make sense of the
airspace and airports in Zambia.

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