ADS-B Exposed

#1

Post by keepamovin » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 10:38 AM UTC

https://github.com/ClickHouse/adsb.exposed/

Show HN: ADS-B visualizer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39990346 - April 2024 (76 comments)

ADS-B Exposed
adsb.exposed

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#2

Post by blakesterz » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:21 PM UTC

It took me a little while to figure this out, but it's pretty cool. Try the A-380 limit in the examples and it starts making sense pretty quick.

Also, .exposed has been a TLD since 2014? I'm not sure I've seen another .exposed site.

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#3

Post by zparky » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #2

It took me a little while to figure this out, but it's pretty cool. Try the A-380 limit in the examples and it starts making sense pretty quick. Also, .exposed has been a TLD since 2014? I'm not sure I've seen another .exposed site.

float.exposed is fun

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#4

Post by amosj » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39990346

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#5

Post by sryNot_ » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 1:53 PM UTC

Issue with adsb is that very few outside Europe and the US share their signals, so any app will have partial validity, unless you use satellite feeds.

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#6

Post by ronbenton » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2:08 PM UTC

URL makes this sound like it’s supposed to be scandalous

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#7

Post by keepamovin » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2:24 PM UTC

ronbenton wrote: post #6

URL makes this sound like it’s supposed to be scandalous

I know! I think the creator, brilliant as they must be, is not an English native speaker. Or perhaps they simply enjoy the controversy / provocation heh :)

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#8

Post by keepamovin » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2:25 PM UTC

sryNot_ wrote: post #5

Issue with adsb is that very few outside Europe and the US share their signals, so any app will have partial validity, unless you use satellite feeds.

How to utilize sat feeds with open data? Across ADS-B track data (like OpenSky Network) South America, Africa and Oceania seem covered in addition to Europe and America, as does East Asia, and India. But China, and some parts of Central Asia and Middle East appear absent?

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#9

Post by dkenyser » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC

Very cool project.

Little bit of trivia regarding the "strange hole near Mexico City"[1] from the README.

This is a 12-kilometer exclusion zone around the highly active Popocatépetl volcano to prevent incidents stemming from volcanic activity.

[1] https://adsb.exposed/?zoom=9&lat=19.1139&lng=261.3813&query=...

Re: ADS-B Exposed

#10

Post by esseph » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2:31 PM UTC

sryNot_ wrote: post #5

Issue with adsb is that very few outside Europe and the US share their signals, so any app will have partial validity, unless you use satellite feeds.

A lot of people running SDRs send beacon info upstream on the internet.