On Tuesday 03 October 2006 22:02, Buchanan, Stuart wrote: > Hi All, > > Some of you may have come across www.flightaware.com as a way to track IFR > flights. It uses data from the FAA radar system and provides products > (free and commercial) based on it. The data is quite detailed - > minute-by-minute lat/long/altitude and speed along with aircraft type, > flight number and call-sign. > > Out of curiosity I dropped them a mail saying who we were and wondering if > they would donate some historical data to the project. To my pleasant > surprise they said they would be able to help. How very nice. I've been > asked to get back in contact in November as they are quite busy right now. > > So, it looks like we might have some really nice data to build some AI > flights with in the not-to-distant future. >
I just had a quick look at the website, and saw that they provide departure and arrival times and airport codes for each tail number. This would form an excellent basis to create AI traffic using the traffic manager, which basically requires just this information. Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
