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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by wongarsu on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:42AM (#47048712)
Some mountain airports might be quite interesting with 3d terrain

But that's not what this is. Here only the airplanes are in the third dimension. The world map isn't even a globe

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by kewonit on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:49AM (#47048814)
still working on adding a custom terrain map, so its more realistic to view, while the globe part is just pure skill issue, i tried a few different approaches but wasn't able to code that in
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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by netsharc on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:39PM (#47050355)
My local airport is at 1417ft MSL, so the planes start and land in mid-air.
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