All the world's flights over a 24 hour period...

[Super_Geo]

Pretty damn cool!

http://radar.zhaw.ch/resources/airtraffic.wmv

[LadyLuck]

Holy Crap!
that was pretty neat

[Kloubek]

That's very cool.

[nbaker00]

That's sweet.
Alot of traffic in Europe and Japan at first, then everything transfers to North America slowly.

[Konj]

Originally posted by nbaker00
That's sweet.
Alot of traffic in Europe and Japan at first, then everything transfers to North America slowly.

Yes Sherlock, thanks for stating the obvious.

[Hakkola]

I couldn't stop watching the lonely ones, so strange seeing lots of traffic and then one dot traversing an area with no other objects.

[dezmarez]

haha so cool
ya it gets busier when the sun goes up

[alloroc]

I think I saw Santa Clause over the North Pole.

[KRyn]

Good find!

[The Cosworth]

I cant believe how many flights go to Hawaii

[vengie]

Originally posted by Konj


Yes Sherlock, thanks for stating the obvious.

get off the stick shoved up your ass...



to the op, nice find! thats pretty cool

[dannie]

Thats awesome. Where did you find it?

[djayz]

damn thats alot of traffic through europe and the east coast of north america.

wtf are those crazy fast things going across the top of the video?

[kerry]

Originally posted by Konj


Yes Sherlock, thanks for stating the obvious.

That's a pretty '08-esque post for someone that's been on beyond longer than most. You get this as your reward!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/crimsonkwee/herocover.jpg

Would it be fair to assume that you're 2nd from the right?

Good find to the OP, too bad we have too many people spewing shitty haterade. At least my haterade is funny haterade. Such as the haterade towards you. Ass clown.

I wish I was on one of those flights, then I could say "hey see that dot going to the middle of nowhere... that's me!"

[nbaker00]

:rofl: kerry

[vengie]

hahaha kerry your post made me spit chocolate milk everywhere! bastard :rofl:

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by djayz
damn thats alot of traffic through europe and the east coast of north america.

wtf are those crazy fast things going across the top of the video?

Planes that go over the poles. Their speed is increased as a result of the fact that a round sphere is being projected as a flat object. The size of the top (the poles) is exaggerated greatly meaning they are traversing a large distance on the map, but a relatively short distance in reality, with time being a constant.

EDIT: Also to clarify, the distances at the equator will be the least skewed, with the distortion increasing as you near the poles:

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by djayz
wtf are those crazy fast things going across the top of the video?

It's just the perspective that makes it look fast. In some cases, to get to China or Russia, it's way faster to go straight over the pole rather than hop across the Atlantic or Pacific.

[djayz]

Ahh makes sense. I thought this was an actual flat representation of the earth so I was thinking fighter jets or something haha.

[hadookin]

haha thats pretty cool. i'd like to know how the stats ie how many planes, how many miles, how much fuel burned etc.

[barmanjay]

That was freakin cool!

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by 97'Scort

it's way faster to go straight over the pole

Tooooooo easy!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:angel:

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by ZorroAMG
Tooooooo easy!!


Well, I think we all know how much you love the pole.

[Zero102]

Hmm, link is giving me a 403 - forbidden right now, have to try it again later, sounds cool

[eglove]

video is dead :(

[syscal]

If someone has it in their temp internet files they can send it to me and I'll rehost.

If it's that cool then why not...

[Super_Geo]

syscal, I have it downloaded... I think it's about 19MB. How should I send it to you?

[samo147]

http://radar.zhaw.ch/resources/airtraffic.mov

http://digg.com/travel_places/Global_Air_Traffic_over_24_Hours

[XylathaneGTR]

Originally posted by The Cosworth
I cant believe how many flights go to Hawaii It's a big stop...anything going south pacific stops there...

btw: 403 Forbidden? What the fuck? Did this work for everyone else?

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by 97'Scort


Well, I think we all know how much you love the pole.

Reeelllaaaaaaxxxxx......

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by kerry
hey see that dot going to the middle of nowhere... that's me!

A future that surprises absolutely no one! :rofl:

[n1zm0]

http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/JTrack/3D/JTrack3D.html

here's another 'flight tracker' a teacher showed us for a GPS project when i 'served my time' at SAIT aerospace center

basically set the timing to real time and click on any satellite, goto satellite-select and find the name of the satellite then hit info,
it will tell you a basic description of what that satellite's function is,
stuff like where it was launched, when, who does it belong to.
They range from military, meteorological, communications, nav (like your in-car Garmins) all the way to Chinese and Russian... spy sattelites ? :eek:

supposedly this realtime flash anim. only shows a handful of the actual satellites really orbiting Earth, kinda creepy to know that there are prlly 10X more out there watching our every move some of which are never to be known to anyone other than military types etc..

[kerry]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE


A future that surprises absolutely no one! :rofl:

If I were flying to the middle of nowhere I'd still never get away from the gayness of yourself. You and your Jackson Racing Supercharged 2000 Prelude. How ya doin anyway JR? Any new oil updates?

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by n1zm0
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/JTrack/3D/JTrack3D.html

here's another 'flight tracker' a teacher showed us for a GPS project when i 'served my time' at SAIT aerospace center

basically set the timing to real time and click on any satellite, goto satellite-select and find the name of the satellite then hit info,
it will tell you a basic description of what that satellite's function is,
stuff like where it was launched, when, who does it belong to.
They range from military, meteorological, communications, nav (like your in-car Garmins) all the way to Chinese and Russian... spy sattelites ? :eek:

supposedly this realtime flash anim. only shows a handful of the actual satellites really orbiting Earth, kinda creepy to know that there are prlly 10X more out there watching our every move some of which are never to be known to anyone other than military types etc..

OK, that is unbelievably cool! :eek: