dnsge / plane-spotting

Spot planes using FlightRadar24's API through azimuth and horizon angles

plane-spotting

Spot planes using FlightRadar24's API through azimuth and horizon angles

Usage:

$ ./main.py [current lat] [current lon]

e.g. if I were standing in front of the Washington Monument, I would run ./main.py 38.88945968498166 -77.03695797757808 (Though I probably won't see any planes around).

Example Output:

Spotted 2 nearby flights
Flight JBU123 BCS3 @ (12.345º, -12.345º, 38000 ft)
	Traveling at 479 mph, 231.00º (SW)
	Azimuth angle: 256.85º (W)
	Horizon angle: 79.09º
	Eyeball distance: 7.33 mi
Flight UAL123 A320 @ (45.678º, -45.678º, 2825 ft)
	Traveling at 230 mph, 157.00º (SE)
	Azimuth angle: 108.32º (E)
	Horizon angle: 3.08º
	Eyeball distance: 9.73 mi
	
[ENTER] to refresh

plane-spotting's Issues

Add flight, type of aircraft,time seen to log file.Also add an option to be able to run a cron job, but keep the press return key to refresh.

Hi Daniel
This is a very good piece of software.

1. Would it be possible to, Add flight, type of aircraft,time seen to a log file ???
2. The log file rotating hourly and/or daily ???
3. Also add an option to be able to run a cron job to refresh data on screen ,but keep the press return key to refresh ???

Regards
Graeme