gHacks technology news » air traffic http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Watch Real-Time Air Traffic http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/04/watch-real-time-air-traffic/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/04/watch-real-time-air-traffic/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:08:47 +0000 Tobey http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/04/watch-real-time-air-traffic/ A friend of mine asked me recently if I knew that it was possible to view real-time air traffic in Google Earth. I had to admit that I never heard about this before, the only thing that came close to it was the website where users could listen to live air traffic communications. He send me the link to the website which offered this service and told me that he was currently tracking a flight of a friend who was vising New Zealand.

I obviously had to download had to download Google Earth to test this application but after that everything went on smoothly. Users have four options which are all accessible from the main page. The first is to load an hourly snapshot of all active flights (over the United States) into Google Earth, the second to load the latest flight incidents into the software, the third to view the live inbound traffic of a selected airport and the last to track a specific flight of an airline that is available.

real time air traffic

I do not have that much experience with Google Earth but was not it possible to get into some sort of 3D mode in there ?

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/04/watch-real-time-air-traffic/feed/ 3 Watch air traffic in real time http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/18/watch-air-traffic-in-real-time/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/18/watch-air-traffic-in-real-time/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:35:05 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/18/watch-air-traffic-in-real-time/ I am a big fan of flying and everything related to it and I’m excited about the job of all air traffic controllers. Among excellent knowledge of English language, this kind of work requires perfect concentration on anything that the controller does or says.

There are many stations on the internet that let you listen to voice navigation from different airports around the world almost in real-time, with just a small delay. However, at least one of these sites stands out of the crowd by providing a real-time visual summary of current situation in the air above the Atlanta airport, along with controller’s speech.

ATC Monitor displays a picture similar to what the controllers can see on their monitors. Next to each air-plane you can see it’s call sign and additional information about it’s current altitude, speed, heading and so on. A little arrow near the aircraft indicates whether it’s climbing or descending.

The animation is being periodically refreshed so that you can watch how the air-planes move around the airport and react to controller’s instructions. It’s a good idea to open the screen showing traffic in a new window and watch it in full screen. Concerning the voice commands as well as traffic display, you can choose from two slightly different locations to watch and listen to – Atlanta tower and Atlanta TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control).

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You can also use the shout-board to communicate with other people who are currently watching it or site’s forum to ask questions about aviation in general. Large glossary explains specific aviation terms and shortcuts and small gallery let’s you take a look at the real runways and towers on Atlanta airport.

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