System and method for rendering dynamic data and controlling the visual form of the data on a cockpit display without altering the certified software

A method of displaying critical avionics information on a specific aircraft, the method comprising:

• invoking, using avionics computing equipment on the specific aircraft, a graphic rendering engine that has been certified by governing governmental authority for use in an aircraft for displaying critical information;
• accessing, using the graphic rendering engine, an aircraft-specific graphical database file and an aircraft-specific geographical database file, wherein the aircraft-specific graphical database file contains graphical information including symbol, fill color, text color, line thickness, highlight, outline color and/or shape data that has been customized for use on the specific aircraft, and wherein the aircraft-specific geographical database file contains geographical information including latitude, longitude, bearing, point, line, and/or polygon data that has been customized for use on the specific aircraft;
• and
• using, by the graphic rendering engine, the aircraft-specific graphical database file and the aircraft-specific geographical database file to render a graphic for displaying critical information on the cockpit display without prior certification by governing governmental authority of either the aircraft-specific graphical database file or the aircraft-specific geographical database file.

Non-transitory computer readable media encoded with programming instructions that are configurable to cause a processor on avionics computing equipment on an aircraft to perform a method, the method comprising:

• invoking, using avionics computing equipment on the specific aircraft, a graphic rendering engine that has been certified by governing governmental authority for use in an aircraft for displaying critical information;
• accessing, using the graphic rendering engine, an aircraft-specific graphical database file and an aircraft-specific geographical database file, wherein the aircraft-specific graphical database file contains graphical information including symbol, fill color, text color, line thickness, highlight, outline color and/or shape data that has been customized for use on the specific aircraft, and wherein the aircraft-specific geographical database file contains geographical information including latitude, longitude, bearing, point, line, and/or polygon data that has been customized for use on the specific aircraft;
• and
• using, by the graphic rendering engine, the aircraft-specific graphical database file and the aircraft-specific geographical database file to render a graphic for displaying critical information on the cockpit display without prior certification by governing governmental authority of either the aircraft-specific graphical database file or the aircraft-specific geographical database file.