Reporter contends, their facility does not have the latest pubs that depict their airspace changes t...

Narrative:

On or about dec/xx/98, several major airspace changes occurred that impacted waco approach control (act). Dfw VORTAC and aus VORTAC were decommissioned, TTT and cwk vortacs were commissioned. This changed the radials that make up several airways/departure rtes through our airspace (V17 south of waco, joe pool 8 departure from dfw, etc). In addition, the GPS runway 35 approach to pwg airport was amended with changes that include new fixes, etc. All of these changes physically moved the location of these routings. As of today, we still do not have updated radar maps. We have been using out-of-date radar maps for about 2 months. The only way to put an aircraft on one of the new routings is to guess about its location. Because the old routings are still displayed, you must mentally disregard them, while guessing about the new routings. I am told that the new radar maps were not even ordered until after these airspace changes occurred. Not only is this unsafe, but the lack of preplanning and foresight by management and staff is inexcusable. These changes were not a sudden, unexpected event, they knew about them long before they happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR CONTENDS, THEIR FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE THE LATEST PUBS THAT DEPICT THEIR AIRSPACE CHANGES THAT AFFECT THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. RPTR ALSO STATES THAT THEIR VIDEO MAPS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED EITHER.

Narrative: ON OR ABOUT DEC/XX/98, SEVERAL MAJOR AIRSPACE CHANGES OCCURRED THAT IMPACTED WACO APCH CTL (ACT). DFW VORTAC AND AUS VORTAC WERE DECOMMISSIONED, TTT AND CWK VORTACS WERE COMMISSIONED. THIS CHANGED THE RADIALS THAT MAKE UP SEVERAL AIRWAYS/DEP RTES THROUGH OUR AIRSPACE (V17 S OF WACO, JOE POOL 8 DEP FROM DFW, ETC). IN ADDITION, THE GPS RWY 35 APCH TO PWG ARPT WAS AMENDED WITH CHANGES THAT INCLUDE NEW FIXES, ETC. ALL OF THESE CHANGES PHYSICALLY MOVED THE LOCATION OF THESE ROUTINGS. AS OF TODAY, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE UPDATED RADAR MAPS. WE HAVE BEEN USING OUT-OF-DATE RADAR MAPS FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. THE ONLY WAY TO PUT AN ACFT ON ONE OF THE NEW ROUTINGS IS TO GUESS ABOUT ITS LOCATION. BECAUSE THE OLD ROUTINGS ARE STILL DISPLAYED, YOU MUST MENTALLY DISREGARD THEM, WHILE GUESSING ABOUT THE NEW ROUTINGS. I AM TOLD THAT THE NEW RADAR MAPS WERE NOT EVEN ORDERED UNTIL AFTER THESE AIRSPACE CHANGES OCCURRED. NOT ONLY IS THIS UNSAFE, BUT THE LACK OF PREPLANNING AND FORESIGHT BY MGMNT AND STAFF IS INEXCUSABLE. THESE CHANGES WERE NOT A SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED EVENT, THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM LONG BEFORE THEY HAPPENED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	426916
Time
Date	199812
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : act
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Experience	controller radar : 17 flight time total : 1900
ASRS Report	426916
Person 2
Experience	flight time total : 1900
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Publication	Unspecified

Reporter contends, their facility does not have the latest pubs that depict their airspace changes that affect their area of responsibility. Reporter also states that their video maps have not been updated either.