Aero Viz :airplane: :earth_asia:

Idea

We get commercial flight data from an API and modify the JSON files to only contain the information we need with Python. In the Three.js section we create a sphere that will be our earth with a stylized texture on it. A 24 h time lapse will be created to visualize all the data. These are the steps to kick the project off the ground:

Data to gather from API call

• Departure and arrival time/location
• Aircraft type/model/make?

  Data we can make up/randomize

• Flight path curve
• Altitude variation
• Total distance

  Data we can calculate

• Heat map to visualize regions with the highest flight density
• Show total distance traveled/total flight duration
• Map for CO2 emissions estimation
• Map for total fuel consumption

  Cool ideas

• Allow users to scrub through the time line
• Day/night cycle
• Custom shaders for atmosphere (atmospheric scattering), volumetric clouds and fading flight paths
• Weather overlay
• City lights (with bloom?)
• Lens flare for sun [https://github.com/ektogamat/lensflare-threejs-vanilla] and moon?
• Custom OrbitControls for smooth experience

Setup

Download Node.js and run the following commands:

# Install dependencies (only the first time)
npm install

# Run the local server at localhost:8080
npm run dev

# Build for production in the dist/ directory
npm run build

Made by Albert Kovtoun and Lars Moons