round drift
I am working on a smaller lightweight ADSB tracker for my local airport to be a static map, and im trying to chase down how icons are allocated, for sure I can hard code them... but I don't even want to know how many different types there are...
So I thought I'd float the question here, and see what the experts say 🙂
Cheers
Hayds
random geode
probably with de "t" (A320 in your case)
round drift
looking at ADSB exchange, this seems to be the factor
random geode
what's the source you're using ? so i can check it out
round drift
but I don't have this in my API 😬
random geode
so it's tar1090
random geode
those are svgs ??
narrow cloud
yes
round drift
basically hard-coded by ICAO aircraft type, type description or category
interesting, this shows up in the API, but I don't think its all matching 
eg no A0 which is showing as A320 (or sometimes theyre A3)
random geode
round drift
yea I think if I borrow this list, I'll be laughing (is that allowed?)
random geode
tar1090 is open source
narrow cloud
it's opensource, so usual license stuff applies
clear nebula
those are svgs ??
the default webgl layer uses a sprite generated from the svgs.
the non-webgl fallback uses the svgs directly in openlayers.
random geode
yeah i'm never gonna do custom icons 😅
round drift
thanks for the help guys, I will dive into this, and get back to you all 🙂
round drift
Progress of intergrating it is going well, it largely works, but I'm still missing some logic it seems, as several planes (even the C172) are not found
But it late here, so I'll pick it up in the morning
random geode
Progress of intergrating it is going well, it largely works, but I'm still missi...
cessna c172 is type desc L1P
if you can't find a plane by his type code, you can find it by his type desc
round drift
cessna c172 is type desc L1P
I'm starting to think I need a new API, as those categories aren't in mine 😕
random geode
pretty sure adsbx has its own api
round drift
I'll do some research. See what my options are
round drift
Ohhhh ok that's looking good
Only 100nm max range (my current one was 250) but that's not really an issue for my use case
random geode
round drift
Looks like there's some authentication needed (hopefully it's a free API 😅)
narrow cloud
There is no free API, even for feeders - there used to be, years ago, but it was discontinued due to abuse
random geode
woops
barren geyser
rip, I came here for that question...
barren geyser
There is no free API, even for feeders - there used to be, years ago, but it was...
you should change this then, to avoid confusion
narrow cloud
Fair. @fickle herald @royal sand @dire light @undone finch Not sure whose department this would be 😉
fickle herald
Way above me, LOL
