Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area

Posted by jmarbach on Friday January 15, 2016 @06:28PM
from the show-hn dept.

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by jlgaddis on Friday January 15, 2016 @06:41PM (#10913175)

Is it really "live" if it's only "updated every 5-10 minutes while the Concorde team is online"?

With a Raspberry Pi and a $20 USB SDR, one can have their own real-time map of air traffic. I've got four of 'em deployed already and have a few more I need to get set up. I'm an aviation nerd as well, so it's very cool to me.

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by jmarbach on Friday January 15, 2016 @06:51PM (#10913239)

Good point. Real-time is definitely not accurate, but I'd be willing to say 5-10 minutes delayed is as close to a "live" view as is legally allowed.

Did you built your Raspberry Pi stations with FlightAware's guide?

https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by jlgaddis on Saturday January 16, 2016 @07:26AM (#10915100)

I loosely followed their guide, yes. I put their PiAware image on the Pi but the hardware is a little different.

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by ConroyBumpus on Friday January 15, 2016 @09:44PM (#10913977)

A similar application involving a VHF-capable SDR to monitor and plot AIS traffic might be fun, from a maritime perspective.

edit: missing word

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by dhanainme on Saturday January 16, 2016 @01:26PM (#10916185)

How does your cheap flight deals work. I found the cheapest fare for mumbai from you !

Do you have similar deals from NY

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Re:Show HN: Live Air Traffic Over the SF Bay Area by jmarbach on Sunday January 17, 2016 @04:29PM (#10921172)

Hi,

Glad that you found a great deal via Concorde! At the moment, we are posting deals by user demand. We have had a handful of requests for deals originating in the NYC area, so we are planning to start posting deals from NYC airports in the next week or so. Keep reminding us!

Thanks for checking out Concorde!

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