Patent ID: 11941996
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. Enacted on a computing device, a method for graphically depicting a status of a taxiway for an airport, the method comprising:
querying a database of aviation information for information regarding a status of an airport;
receiving one or more query results indicating a status of a taxiway of the airport; and
using the one or more query results to generate a map of the airport depicting the taxiway with a graphical representation that indicates the status of the taxiway;
determining that the taxiway comprises one or more of a turn or another taxiway element;
based on determining that the taxiway comprises the turn, depicting a centerline of the turn as having a centerline graphical representation, wherein the centerline graphical representation indicates that the turn is closed, and wherein the centerline graphical representation comprises a different graphical fill representation than the taxiway in the turn; and
based on determining that the taxiway comprises another taxiway element, depicting the other taxiway element as having a graphical fill representation that indicates a status of the other taxiway element.