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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Jeppesen Foreflight, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Christian Karl Pschierer, Ochsenfurt, DE;
Jeppesen ForeFlight, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining medial axes of buffers around guidance lines of taxiways of an airport. The buffers define a taxiway polygon representation of the taxiways. The method includes identifying a plurality of intersection points of the medial axes. The method includes segmenting the taxiway polygon into taxiway segments with segment lines based on the plurality of intersection points, where a particular segment line associated with an intersection point is offset a distance from the intersection point and is at a particular angle relative to a medial axis extending from the intersection point. The method further includes generating a map of the airport that includes the taxiway segments.