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Community => Community Discussion => Randomness Lounge => Topic started by: VS on February 26, 2010, 06:14:11 PM

Title: Airplanes!
Post by: VS on February 26, 2010, 06:14:11 PM
If this isn't awesome, what is?

http://www.flightradar24.com/
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: vilvoh on February 26, 2010, 06:33:47 PM
(http://i47.tinypic.com/28rf7tk.jpg)

iirc, there was another similar system that tracks shipping..
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: Zeno on February 26, 2010, 07:44:27 PM
WOW! That's superb! click-click-click-click...everywhere!!!  :o
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on February 26, 2010, 08:33:12 PM
Quote from: VS on February 26, 2010, 06:14:11 PM
If this isn't awesome, what is?

Well, there's always the--what? Why are you looking at me like that?

...kidding. That *is* awesome. :D
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: VS on February 26, 2010, 09:46:34 PM
I also received a link to the same kind of page for ships...
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: sdog on February 27, 2010, 12:24:49 AM
i just found one of the ships that's cruising with 48 kn through the saudi arabian desert! perhaps a race camel (ship-of-the-desert)? or maybe it's related to the initial topic: a zeppelin, the size would be more apropriate.


URAXHHH0T-5?C!R

Vessel's Details

Ship Type: Local Vessel
Status: Underway
Speed/Course: 48.5 kn / 0˚
Length x Breadth: 284 m X 16 m
Draught: 13 m
Destination: BH?L3^J^TT
Received (156): 0h 18min 19s ago
(AIS Source: Martin)
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: werl on March 04, 2010, 07:31:39 PM
AWESOME love the pages. never thought these would exist.
@sdog weird
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: gauthier on March 04, 2010, 10:53:13 PM
wow, incredible  :o
where do they get such informations :/
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: werl on March 05, 2010, 01:04:34 AM
it's not hard. they have a transponder that tells them where the planes are and the info from air traffic control
Title: Re: Airplanes!
Post by: PatrickN on March 05, 2010, 10:46:14 PM
Is that kind of like flightaware.com?