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Heads up - IIRC ADSB-exchange was sold out, an alternative might be adsb.fi Regardless you can send your ADS-B data to all of them - ADSB-exchange, adsb.fi, flightradar, flightaware, etc. That way you get all of the benefits and contribute community data.
aiui there was some kerfuffle over adsb.fi DNS ownership - I think https://airplanes.live is where the OSS community gravitated.
I wrote a simple program that connects to (default) port 30003 on dump1090-fa (Flightaware version). It parses the ADS-B output and uses Flightaware's AeroAPI (there is a free tier based on requests) to augment with airline, aircraft, and city departure information. I then publish to my MQTT (Mosquitto) broker for planes within 2.1 nautical miles (i.e. I can visually make them out). An MQTT client on an RPi3 (Linux)…
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I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. There's so many educational things the author could be giving their toddler and they're teaching them to have their eyes glued to their screen from such a young age...
I see where you're coming from, it's a totally reasonable point. I tried from the outset to make it more like a toy that prompts you to look at the real world once it gives you information. But, this is a totally reasonable stance
Even if it were a real radar you'd still be looking at a screen in order to make use of it.
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Thank you. I clicked thinking that I was gonna see someone's home made radar.
I clicked because I was excited to see the story of their unexpected interaction with the FCC and FAA (or local equivalents) due to putting out that much EM radiation in those spectra. But no. Still cool, though.
> Which begs the question, why can’t Google Maps ever work out which direction I am facing? I always wondered this as well. Apple Maps seems to be much better at this
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I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. There's so many educational things the author could be giving their toddler and they're teaching them to have their eyes glued to their screen from such a young age...
I see where you're coming from, it's a totally reasonable point. I tried from the outset to make it more like a toy that prompts you to look at the real world once it gives you information. But, this is a totally reasonable stance
Another fun project would be to build your own ADS-B receiver! https://www.adsbexchange.com/ways-to-join-the-exchange/
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I don't have any experience with it myself, but you can provide your ADS-B data to ADS-B exchange. https://www.adsbexchange.com/ways-to-join-the-exchange/
Heads up - IIRC ADSB-exchange was sold out, an alternative might be adsb.fi Regardless you can send your ADS-B data to all of them - ADSB-exchange, adsb.fi, flightradar, flightaware, etc. That way you get all of the benefits and contribute community data.