[acao-it] ACAO Tracking Protocol

[Brian]

HI Guys
I notice the comments about the tow planes, we probably won't be 
broadcasting the launching so I don't think it is an issue to spend a 
lot of effort on if there are more important things you need to fix.
Regards.
Brian

On 29/07/2015 02:42, Daniele Orlandi wrote:
> 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,
>