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WSI Corporation, Andover, Mass., the most trusted weather decision support provider in the aviation industry, has announced the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded WSI a contract to provide WSI Pilotbrief(TM) weather briefing stations throughout the State of Wisconsin. WSI will furnish Pilotbrief systems at 93 locations throughout the state, in addition to providing access to WSI's Pilotbrief Online(TM) internet briefing service for the 10,000 plus pilots residing in Wisconsin.
Both the airport-based and Pilotbrief Online briefing systems will feature WSI's new Interactive Map capability. The Interactive Map displays a global, pole-to-pole, high resolution digital elevation model with weather, hazard and route overlays. The map also features intuitive graphical briefing modes that walk the user though the process of choosing a route and obtaining a weather briefing. WSI Pilotbrief Online is one in a series of proactive operations management solutions offered by WSI that transform weather information into safer and more efficient flight and airport operations.
"We are delighted to be partnered with WisDOT on such an important and innovative program. We believe that the DOT's proactive stance on aviation safety combined with Pilotbrief's intuitive aviation-quality weather products will...