UE Flight Tracker

An app for simulating positions of aircraft across the globe that are currently in flight

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
3. Usage
4. Contact

About The Project

This project uses the Flight Radar API and Cesium to get a list of commerical flights and create a world accurate view of an in flight aircraft. Use the simple UI to see active flights and view them.

Built With

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Getting Started

Run the executeable on your local machine! The executable and related dependencies are on a google drive because they are too big for github. Extract and run FlightTracker.exe!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m73Ae3LnU7konZcTfJIdXvsenJ6avuYU?usp=sharing

Prerequisites

You will need to install these python dependencies

• pip

  pip install FlightRadarAPI

  pip install pandas

  pip install sqlalchemy

  pip install sqlite3

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Usage

Press F to interact with the Menu. WASD, C and SPACEBAR to move the camera. There are two ways to interact with the program. You can enter in the long/lat coords, or choose from a database that is updated on application launch using an Airlines ICAO code.

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Contact

Feel free to contact us at:

@Joshua Luo - jla818@sfu.ca
@Kevin Chen - kevinz.chen@mail.utoronto.ca
@Jerry Chen - jca476@sfu.ca

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