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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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