If
you're not into voyeurism, this could be a fairly inoffensive place to
start. Wouldn't it be nice to know where that plane overhead was headed?
This App offers that very information in a sometimes very detailed way.
Now for the ACIDS test:
Aesthetics
Apart from choosing the colour of the plane (and the shape as well via an In-App purchase (Ugh)), tapping on a plane will bring up masses more information. This includes (as a first stage), the routing, altitude and speed. This can then be further developed to show airline, flight number, aircraft type, registration, distance to destination, time to destination, ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival), position (latitude and longitude), track, vertical speed (ascent, descent), Squawk and Radar... should give you hours of fun.
You
can also filter flights, as well as going directly to general areas.
One of the particularly well implemented aspects of this App is the
extremely smooth rendering of the graphics; impressive.
Cost
There is a banner-supported free version which has a lot of the bells and whistles disabled. It is a good place to start if you just want to find out how much of a peeping tom you really are.
Indispensability
This is just for fun... or at least as far as I am concerned it is.
Dependability
I honestly haven't compared the data from the App to detailed airport take-off and landing information. The fact is that a fair number of flights are cargo flights and, as such, do not necessarily figure in arrivals and departure information from main terminals. I suspect that it is correct, and certainly that tails could be made out to coincide with the suggested airline. The developer honestly states "... technique to receive flight information from aircraft is called ADS-B. That means the Flightradar24.com can only show information about aircraft equipped with ADS-B transponders. Today about 60% of the passenger aircraft and only a small amount of military and private aircraft have an ADS-B transponder." and "Flightradar24.com covers about 90% of Europe. There is also some coverage in USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Middle East, Japan and other parts around the world".
Cost
There is a banner-supported free version which has a lot of the bells and whistles disabled. It is a good place to start if you just want to find out how much of a peeping tom you really are.
Indispensability
This is just for fun... or at least as far as I am concerned it is.
Dependability
I honestly haven't compared the data from the App to detailed airport take-off and landing information. The fact is that a fair number of flights are cargo flights and, as such, do not necessarily figure in arrivals and departure information from main terminals. I suspect that it is correct, and certainly that tails could be made out to coincide with the suggested airline. The developer honestly states "... technique to receive flight information from aircraft is called ADS-B. That means the Flightradar24.com can only show information about aircraft equipped with ADS-B transponders. Today about 60% of the passenger aircraft and only a small amount of military and private aircraft have an ADS-B transponder." and "Flightradar24.com covers about 90% of Europe. There is also some coverage in USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Middle East, Japan and other parts around the world".
Security
I'd be more concerned at knowing that you knew I was "up there" than the other way round.
ACIDS Test Rating:
This is just a bit of fun but very elegantly done, hence the high score.
To find out how the ACIDS Test works, click here.
To find out how the ACIDS Test works, click here.
You can get Flightradar 24 here and support for the App here.
The developer advises that there has been an update to version 4.7 of the App.
ReplyDeleteThis includes the following enhancements and alterations:
* Cockpit view added - experience what the pilot of an aircraft sees in real-time by clicking on the "3D" button. Available on iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 5th gen., iPad 2 and above. Requires iOS 6.0 or higher.
* Airports are now showing arriving flights even for flights we don't have ETA for - Arrival Table in-app only
* Bug fixes, including airport arrival table bug
The developer advises that there has been an update to version 4.7.1 of the App.
ReplyDeleteThis includes the following enhancements and alterations:
• Improved search functionality
• 50 updated airline logos - most new, some updated
• Miscellaneous bug fixes (including and start-up crash that affected small percentage of users) and general stability improvements
And if you haven't checked it out already, in the last release we added Cockpit View. Experience what the pilot of an aircraft sees in real-time by clicking on the "3D" button. Available on iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 5th gen., iPad 2 and above. Requires iOS 6.0 or higher.