I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D

Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by patcon on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:05AM (#47048998)

I love airloom[1], but since yours is open source, I'll try to make use of it next time, and contribute code or ideas :)

Fwiw, my use-case is simply throwing it on the TV as a screensaver of sorts for my nephews when someone they know is travelling. Just a way to make the world seem smaller!

It's led to some cute situations where their mom was flying almost directly over my dad living in our childhood home, and we video called him and directed him to the spot in the sky where my sister (his daughter) was flying over. Her kids were ecstatic. We live in interesting times

[1]: https://objectiveunclear.com/airloom.html

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by borborigmus on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:29AM (#47049326)

Are you a member of the Kardashians?

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by stronglikedan on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:43AM (#47049498)

Aren't we all in some way, if not just a little?

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by UqWBcuFx6NV4r on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @08:51PM (#47056087)

Life imitates art imitates life.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by patcon on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:58PM (#47083103)

heh believe it or not, it was flying over a small town in New Brunswick, Canada. Hardly glamorous, just coincidentally happened the first time I had the idea to chromecast the live flight and found Airloom. I perhaps overstated, as it's the first and only time their mom has ever flown without them :) (I could see in advance the flight path going over my dad's town, so had time to coordinate)

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by benlimner on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @12:23PM (#47139812)

Love this story. I’m glad you found the app

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by benlimner on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @06:58AM (#47060096)

As the maker of airloom I’m super impressed with this project and would also suggest supporting it. Nice work!

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by patcon on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:59PM (#47083110)

aw that's swell. thanks so so much for the tool, and I really hope it's bringing you as much benefit as it brought us!

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