Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map

Is the data actually interesting? I feel like any place that would have widespread jamming would also see routing away of non-military aircraft meaning you'd never see the jamming taking place except if you happen to get lucky and the jamming zone is larger than the "stay out" zone. This makes sense then why the map is entirely green with some red just at the periphery of Ukraine with the majority of Ukraine having no data since it's a no-fly zone for civilian traffic.

Re: Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map

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Post by irviss » Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 4:29 PM UTC

Why in the world is there so much jamming in Turkey? What's going on?

Re: Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map

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Post by tivert » Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

So how should I interpret this? The map lacks geopolitical boundaries, so it's hard to interpret.

There looks like a big hole of no data over Ukraine, where I'd most expect GPS jamming, but I suppose there are no civilian flights either. Maybe they could setup an GPS observation station on the ground at a surveyed point to get data there.

There's a big red blob over Turkey, is that maybe the southern edge of the reach of Russian jammers in the Black sea?

There's also a big red blob over the eastern Mediterranean. Is that Israel? I'm not so sure though, because it's not centered on Israel and parts of Israel proper are green on the map. I also assume they're heavy users of GPS, so wouldn't want to jam it.

There's a red blob in Southeast Asia, and that looks like Myanmar, where there's a civil war right now.

There's a little red blob over what looks like Kashmir.

Re: Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map

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Post by TomBombadildoze » Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #6

I wonder why there's some jamming near a small section of the Texas/Mexico border?

Cartels disrupting law enforcement, and/or vice versa.