Resources of the Week
Two for you this week.
1) Aviation–Organizations
Source: United Nations
International Civil Aviation Organization
“ICAO was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of civil aviation in the world. A specialized agency of the United Nations, it sets international standards and regulations necessary for the safety, security, efficiency and regularity of air transport and serves as the medium for cooperation in all fields of civil aviation among its 188 Contracting States.” There is a staggering amount of content here:
+ Aviation Training Directory
“The current edition features over 4600 course offerings of more than 420 training institutions from over seventy ICAO Contracting States. The directory is a good starting point for locating civil aviation-related training courses for various aviation professions.” Can be seached by country, course category, keyword or name of a training institution. Results include contact information, including e-mail address and URL if provided, plus the titles of courses.
+ Aircraft Engine Exhaust Emissions DataBank
“This Databank contains information on exhaust emissions of only those aircraft engines that have entered production. The information was obtained from engine manufacturers and was collected in the course of the work carried out by the ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP).” Download individual data sheets or the complete databank (.xls format).
+ Aircraft Type Designators Database
Search by manufacturer, model, description (e.g., helicopter, land plane, sea plane…), number and type of engines, type designator, wake turbulence category (heavy/medium/light, based on weight).
+ Alphabet–Radiotelephony
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.
+ ICAO Library OPAC
“(A) database of books, journals, articles, UN and ICAO documents, as well as other publications, available in the ICAO Library.”
+ ICAO Depository Libraries (list, with contact information)
+ Suggested Literature on Aviation Medicine (bibliography)
+ Case Studies of States’ Liberalization Experiences (database)
“Studies may cover such topics as the liberalization of bilateral air services agreements, regional and plurilateral liberalization arrangements, national liberalization policies, privatization of national airlines, sustainability and assurance of services in a liberalized market, policies on airline alliances and mergers, and policies to ensure fair competition.”
+ States’ Policies, Positions and Practices on Air Carrier Ownership and Control (database)
“The database contains information on each State’s current policy or practice with regard to: how it deals with designation of its own air carriers; how it deals with the designation of foreign air carriers; and what position it has on future airline designations.”
+ Code of Conduct on the Regulation and Operation of Computer Reservation Systems (CRS)
+ Directory of links
“This directory aims to provide a wide range of links to sites of interest to the civil aviation community.” Includes: governments and government-related organizations, international organizations.
+ ICAO Journal (full-text)
“The objective of the Journal is to provide a concise account of the activities of the International Civil Aviation Organization and to feature additional information of interest to Contracting States and the international aeronautical world.”
+ DAGMAR: ICAO’s Database of Aeronautical Agreements and Arrangements
Choose one or more airlines/signatories from dropdown menu. Dates optional. Or browse recent agreements (registered within the last year).
+ Handbook on the International Airways Volcano Watch (PDF; 2.01 MB)
“Operational procedures for the dissemination of information on volcanic eruptions and associated volcanic ash clouds in areas which could affect routes used by international flights, and necessary pre-eruption arrangements.” Also includes up-to-date information about active volcanoes, list of related websites. Download separate global contact list (PDF; 308 KB)
+ ICAO Treaty Collection
“List and status of international air law multilateral treaties,” which can be browsed alphabetically or by date of signing.
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2) Cultural Events–United States–Search Engines
Source: JAR Networks
EventJar
Do a simple keyword search for artist, band, cast member, dancer, event title, musician, organization, venue; or use the extended search form to narrow your query down by type of event, venue, organization, geographic location.
Each event in the database — is linked to related websites — e.g., for venues, sponsoring organizations, etc.

The site’s main page offers a Yahoo!-like drill-down directory of events, venues, organizations, performers and artists. Users may submit sites to be considered for targeting by the crawler and inclusion in the database.

According to the company, “EventJAR uses robots [a focused crawlers] that actively search the web in order to maintain a complete, constantly updated [some sites are checked daily] stream of information.” Among other things, it monitors more than 1,000 galleries and 630 museums for art exhibits. More than 4,000 cultural and entertainment venues are included in the database, and entries for each include NOAA weather reports and Mapquest road map links.

This new resource is just out of beta and still has plenty of room to grow. One to watch. We’re also interested to see if EventJar will begin to work with other search resources to have some local listings or a search box placed on these sites. For example, we can see a definite synergy between this database and Topix.

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