RadarVirtuel.com - Real-Time Aircraft Traffic Project

10 Mar 2010 - Slashgeo

Bertrandwrites"Hi people at slashgeo,I am a long time reader of slashgeo, big fan of your work as a geospatial professional, and this is the first time I am submitting a link.I am currently working with a partner on a project calledRadarVirtuel.com, that we started last summer and that we are currently developping on our free time, besides our day jobs.Our goal is to display real-time aircraft traffic on the web, using all latest geospatial technology. In order to do so, our system is based on a network of contributers (private persons, companies) owning some ADS-B receiver and willing to share their data with us. In exchange, we make their data available online for anyone, and we will develop advanced services for them to analyze airplane traffic.We believe that this information can be useful for various needs (locating an airplane for personal or business purposes, computing statistics), and notably it can lead to a better public understanding of what happens above our heads.Our coverage area is mostly over Europe, thanks to the many aviation enthusiasts we have here. But we would love to have the same coverage over USA, Canada (all over the world, actually), and we hope people will want to contribute to our project everywhere.We hope you will be interested by our project, and that you will want to share this story with your readers. Since my English is not perfect, do not hesitate to write me if you have any question.Bertrand."See also related stories below, including theOpenFlights database.

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