Patent ID: 8797278

Claim:
A method for managing a map of an airport, the method comprising: displaying the map of the airport on a display device; detecting a movement of a number of fingers with respect to a number of aeronautical objects on the map of the airport, wherein the step of detecting the movement of the number of fingers with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map of the airport comprises: detecting at least one of a placement of the number of fingers with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map and a movement of the number of fingers to a number of positions with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map; wherein detecting the hold short gesture causes a mark to be displayed at a point on a runway on the map that an aircraft cannot pass; wherein detecting the missed approach gesture causes a new route for the aircraft to be displayed on the map; wherein detecting the parallel runway gesture causes an alternate runway to be highlighted on the map; wherein detecting the report position gesture causes a marker to be placed on the runway at a point that the aircraft must report its position; and wherein detecting the back track gesture causes a path to be displayed on the map for the aircraft to turn around on the runway; and displaying information generated by an operation based on the number of aeronautical objects on the map of the airport in response to detecting the movement of the number of fingers with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map of the airport; wherein the number of fingers is at least two fingers; and wherein the movement of the number of fingers is a gesture selected from a list consisting of a hold short gesture, a missed approach gesture, a parallel runway gesture, a back track gesture, and a report position gesture.