To enable states to publish Air Navigation Meteorological Service data in XML, the WMO and ICAO are developing an Aviation Meteorological Exchange Model (AvXML - current working title). In February 2013 release candidate 1.0 of AvXML was released for initial review by both the Meteorological and software vendor community. Discover what we have been doing here at Snowflake with AvXML...
Snowflake Labs
Welcome to Labs!
Our laboratory is a virtual playground where we invite you to create, experiment, and play with our products, datasets, wfs examples, new innovations and technologies. We could just tell you about our products with fancy diagrams and data sheets but we’d much rather let you play with them. Our laboratory web services are hosted on our demo server and are provided on a best endeavours basis. We make every effort to ensure they are running, but if you are experiencing problems please use the contact form to inform a Laboratory Assistant.
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INSPIRE Annex II and III Data Specifications Agreed
Last Monday (8th April) was a momentous one for me. Not only was it my birthday, but I also celebrated the months of hard work that myself and other experts across Europe put into the development of the INSPIRE Annex II and III Data Specifications. The INSPIRE Annex II and II Data Specifications were unanimously agreed by the Member States, with only a couple of minor amendments being required for a few code lists. The translation of the Implementing Rule for Interoperability of spatial data sets and services can now be finalised and the Regulation will enter into force in the forthcoming months....
ATM Viewer: 6 month birthday release!
To celebrate the ATM Viewer's 6 month birthday we're shipping our biggest release yet, version 1.1, which is so stuffed with new features it's fit to burst. Check out the new features including Gazetteer & Lat/Long Search, Initial support for loading Digital NOTAMs and more..
GO Publisher 2.1.5 Release
GO Publisher 2.1.5 is now available! We responded to some excellent customer feedback and the new release contains some key bug fixes for GO Publisher WFS....
New Wiki Guide for ATM Viewer for AIXM
Since launching the ATM Viewer for AIXM back in October 2012 we've seen hundreds of downloads - which means there are hundreds of users out there enjoying this great piece of free software. We've had fantastic feedback from people like the team at AeroNavData - "...the ATM viewer is outstanding for visualizing AIXM airport mapping data." - and Group EAD who use the tool everyday to visualise AIXM as part of their AIXM training. So with so many individuals, and teams, making use of the Viewer we've set up a fantastic Wiki Guide to help you get the most from the software...
GO Loader 1.7.1 – new updates!
Following the release of GO Loader 1.7 last October, we have turbo charged the latest update, 1.7.1, with some very exciting new features and improvements! We’ve also “exterminated” some bugs and responded as always to customer feedback. Upgrade from your existing version via the Customer Portal or contact us to try out an evaluation! So how have we suped-up GO Loader for 1.7.1?
Super speedy data loading…. GO Loader put to the test
Here at Snowflake we are all about developing the fastest, most scalable and easy to use software tools for our customers. Sounds great, but how fast are our software tools actually?
OGC TC and OWS-9 Demonstration
This week sees the start of the Open Geospatial Consortium Technical Conference (OGC TC/PC) being held at Esri Redlands, where the various OGC Domain Working Groups, Standards Working Groups and other committees get together once again. Since April last year, Snowflake and the rest of the OWS-9 team members from both Industry and Academia, under OGC supervision, have been hard at work on the OWS-9 project...
ATM Viewer: Slide between airspace!
Hold on tight - we've added even more cool features to the ATM Viewer for AIXM. Top of the list is our new super smooth slider allowing you to select and slide between airspace layers.....
Holiday Support
The festive season is upon us which means a change to our normal support hours over the holiday period...

