You know what would be a fun experiment with this: Would be to specifially watch all the planes that fly in and out of a large notable event; such as the superbowl, or davos, g-20 summit etc - and see where all thise private jets come from to get to that event...
Flightradar24 – how it works
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Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#22Not a big fan of "data monopolies" like Flightradar24. It's as if OpenStreetMaps was a private company that capitalizes on being first into the space and having a community of contributors willing to supply data to a private company for free. I hope an open data project such as https://www.adsbexchange.com/ wins in the long-term.
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#23In case you are interested in this kind of things there's also the same for ships:
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#24They surely get data from other sources too. You can track planes flying across the ocean, where they get that data from?
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#25Not a big fan of "data monopolies" like Flightradar24. It's as if OpenStreetMaps was a private company that capitalizes on being first into the space and having a community of contributors willing to supply data to a private company for free. I hope an open data project such as https://www.adsbexchange.com/ wins in the long-term.
I thought it would be cool to have some kind of gateway service that collects the data and then sends if off to adsbexchange, flightradar and others but apparently it's not so easy.
Someone else already asked this question before:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/ar3qrw/feed_to_a_sing...
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#26Not a big fan of "data monopolies" like Flightradar24. It's as if OpenStreetMaps was a private company that capitalizes on being first into the space and having a community of contributors willing to supply data to a private company for free. I hope an open data project such as https://www.adsbexchange.com/ wins in the long-term.
Is there an open version for ship data as well?
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#27I started checking Flightradar24 after seeing a few planes circle above my office building one day. Never knew that transponder data was so accessible!
You'll be surprised how much data you can easily grab out of thin air, if you probe the right frequency.
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#28Not a big fan of "data monopolies" like Flightradar24. It's as if OpenStreetMaps was a private company that capitalizes on being first into the space and having a community of contributors willing to supply data to a private company for free. I hope an open data project such as https://www.adsbexchange.com/ wins in the long-term.
Is there an open version for ship data as well?
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#29Similar open source thing exists for gliders: https://www.glidernet.org
It uses flarm data, which is received by many enthusiasts. Has been on a rise the last few years
Re: Flightradar24 – how it works
#30Rtl-sdrs are great, probably one of the best accidental discoveries I've seen. So many things being sent out from 0-1.5GHz that you can sniff. One that I see often are the unencrypted pagers broadcasting patient details, hotel security information etc. Then you've also got amateur radio, air traffic control, GSM, key fobs, weather stations, satellites, all within the reach of anyone with $15 to spare.