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Process for generating computer flight plans on the Internet

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  • US 8,447,512 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2009
  • Issued: 05/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process of providing a navigation chart over a computer network for flight planning use by a pilot, comprising:

  • storing at a server computer plural travel chart images of geographic areas at one or more magnifications, the travel chart images each shown in elevational profile view;

    receiving by the server computer a request from a user of a client computer, the request including a selection of one of the travel chart images at a selected magnification and an indication of a plurality of travel navigation waypoints that have been selected by the user;

    overlaying at the server computer the plurality of selected travel navigation waypoints on the selected one of the travel chart images to form a selected composite travel navigation chart;

    compressing the selected composite travel navigation chart as a selected composite travel navigation chart image; and

    delivering the selected composite travel navigation chart image from the server computer to a browser on the client computer for flight planning use by a pilot.

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