Real-Time Flight Tracking is now 3D
The next generation of flight-tracking maps has arrived! I am a huge fan of live flight-tracking maps like Flightradar24 , ADS-B Exchange and FlightAware . These popular websites all show planes moving in real time on top of a 2D map. Recently Air Loom introduced the concept of a 3D air-traffic map to bring a whole new level of immersion to flight tracking. Unlike traditional flight maps, Air Loom displays aircraft in a fully rotatable, tilt-enabled 3D environment. You can zoom in to see holding patterns unwind above an airport and tilt the camera to compare the relative altitudes of the planes in view. Unfortunately Air Loom does not provide worldwide coverage and only allows you to visualize the airspace over around 130 major airports. However, now we have Aeris - a new real-time 3D flight tracker that pushes the idea of altitude-aware mapping even further. Aeris Aeris renders live air traffic around the whole world. On this global map aircraft are separated vertically in true 3D,...
