AAI selects ESRI for Height Clearance Compliance project

Airports Authority of India (AAI), the national agency responsible for the management and maintenance of the country’s civil aviation, both on the ground and in the air, has awarded the No Objection Certificate Application System (NOCAS) project to NIIT Limited, parent company of NIIT-GIS Ltd. (ESRI India), parent company of NIIT-GIS Ltd. A No Objection Certificate (NOC) for height clearance issued by AAI is required for construction projects, such as high-rise buildings or communications masts, that fall within 20 km of an airport. The NOCAS project automates the prioritization and processing of NOC applications based on criteria established by AAI, which will greatly streamline the approval process. The enterprise-wide geographic information system (GIS) application will be Internet based with a link available at the AAI Web site. Two categories of users will have access to the site: NOC applicants and employees involved in the certification process.

ArcGIS Server products will be installed on the AAI Web server and will be linked to a database server hosting ArcSDE and Microsoft’s SQL Server. The application will be written using ArcGIS Server Application Development Framework (ADF) for .NET and will make use of ArcObjects, a suite of mapping and GIS components. Users will access the application through Internet browsers. “ESRI India is very pleased that AAI has selected ArcGIS Server technology as its GIS component for the No Objection Certificate application and NIIT Technologies Ltd. to create and implement the application,” says Mr. Rajesh C. Mathur, president, ESRI India. “The decision to select ESRI technology for the agency’s enterprise GIS will help make its application and related data available to many internal and external users in a very secure and accurate environment with a low cost of ownership.” In addition to ArcGIS software and training, the implementation will include GIS services from NIIT Technologies and ESRI India.

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