Andrew Ferguson
Rejecting Your Reality and Substituting My Own Since 1986
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Update: See the wikipedia article on Aerotags
I’m creating a new tag for use with Flickr that I hope others will also adopt. It’s an Aero tag that you can tag your photos with to identify them. There are 7 tags:
Aero tagged – This is the header tag that indicates that Aero tags exists for this photo
Tags follow the format aero:{tag_name}={tag_value}
| Tag Name | Tag Value |
|---|---|
| airline | ICAO airline designator (NOT IATA) |
| man | Who manufactored the plane: Boeing, Airbus, MD, etc |
| model | What model? Do not include the series. For examples, a Boeing 757-200ER would just be “757″ and an Aribus A319LR would be “A319″ |
| series | What series of the model? Only used for variants on Boeing aircraft. For example, a Boeing 757-200ER would be “200″ and a Boeing 727-100 would be “100″ |
| special | Special version designator of a type of aircraft. For example, a Boeing 757-200ER would be “ER” and an Airbus A319LR would be “LR”. |
| airport | If a plane is landed or the airport is in the picture, include the ICAO airport code (again, NOT IATA) |
| tail | The tail number from the aircraft, if known |
That’s all I have for now. I would hope this becomes an open standard, much like the geotagged tags are.
Note: ICAO is used because it provides unique names, while IATA does not. Values should not be case sensitive.
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[...] I thought it might be useful to develop a tagging system to identify airplanes. I’ve started using ‘aerotags’ on my photos and was hoping for feedback (and even a few early adopters?). I outlined some initial specs on my site a few days ago (http://www.andrewferguson.net/2006/03/30/aero-tagged/) and just wrote up a Wikipedia article for it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotagging). Thoughts? Posted at 2:11pm, 2 April 2006 PDT ( permalink ) [...]
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Hi, great idea with the aero tags. How would you Tag a DH8D (Dash 8 400?)
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Below is what I would use. My only hesitancy is using De Havilland” as the manufacturer as Boeing owned them for a while and now Bombardier owns them. I ended up using De Havilland as the manufacturer because they originally designed the plane.
aerotagged
aero:man=dehavilland
aero:model=dash8
aero:series=400