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With actual 1:1 height scale all these planes, even the stratospheric jets, would be much closer to the ground.", "context": "", "use_case": "3D ADS-B flight viewer", "switched_from": "", "story": "I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D"}, {"id": 738905488, "item_id": 46181593, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181593", "by": "forgotpwd16", "date": "2025-12-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "An interesting project I stumbled upon recently is AirLoom[0]", "excerpt": "An interesting project I stumbled upon recently is AirLoom[0], essentially a reverse literate programming tool. Rather having code and prose interweaved (either Knuth-style code-within-prose or doc-style/as-comments prose-within-code), you've them split in dedicated in segment-annotated code and prose referencing those segments. 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However, as the particular kind of weirdo who has a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily, I will point out that this UI doesn't add much that the color-coded plane icons on ADS-Bx don't already do, and it is more difficult to quickly visually glean information from.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Airloom \u2013 3D Flight Tracker"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["3d flight tracking screensaver", "3d ads-b flight viewer", "reverse literate programming", "3d flight tracking"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47048004", "title": "I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080289", "title": "Airloom \u2013 3D Flight Tracker", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46125963", "title": "What is \u201cliterate programming\u201d? 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