[acao-it] ACAO Tracking Protocol

[Daniele Orlandi]

On 26/07/2015 11:59, Ola Røer Thorsen wrote:
> Hi Danielle,
> 
> that PC should be quite sufficient! The 680-card is pretty powerful.

Fine!

> I'm currently watching live aerotows and glider operations from Varese
> here, using the planes-by-day data. The quality of the tracking data is
> quite good, for example the areotows look quite realistic in my end, and
> I can watch the gliders try to find thermals on the nearby mountain top. 

Very good.

> It seems like when using the "gettrackerdata" request, only the date
> part of the start- and endtime parameters is considered on the server.

There is a bigger issue, the date is output as UTC but the comparison is
local, so, do you prefer to always use local time or UTC?

> Is the tracker ID used the actual FLARM id, or something else?

It is an unique ID but it's not the FLARM id because there are,
althought few, FLARMs and FLARM-compatible devices programmed with ICAO
codes and "unknown" codes.

You may use it opaquely but rest assured that it's unique.

Do you need the FLARM ID, also?

> I'm thinking about recognizing the trackers/aircraft so that we for example
> can use towplane 3d-models for the towplanes. 

I have all the data about each plane: registration, type, etc.

If it's okay with you I can add another URL to provide you with infos
about each plane.

Bye,

-- 
  Daniele Orlandi

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