From 960700a11de715d8d2bb19bda4052ce80660eb1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Wiseman Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:38:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Getting the README up-to-date. --- README.md | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 38e344a..3d15961 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ other notable place. The bot takes a screenshot of the aircraft as it currently appears on the ADS-B Exchange's "Global Radar View" web page. -This code currently powers the following bots: +This code currently powers [13 +bots](https://twitter.com/i/lists/1263724487435890688), including the +following bots: * [@SkyCirclesLA](https://twitter.com/SkyCirclesLA), which covers the Los Angeles metro area. @@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ This code currently powers the following bots: Francisco Bay area. * [@SkyCirclesDC](https://twitter.com/SkyCirclesDC), for the Washington D.C. area. + * [@SkyCirclesR2508](https://twitter.com/SkyCirclesR2508), for the + R-2508 airspace complex over Edwards Air Force Base. + * [@SkyCirclesNTTR](https://twitter.com/SkyCirclesNTTR), for the + Nevada Test and Training Range (including Groom Lake/ Area 51). + ## Technologies used @@ -56,9 +63,9 @@ aircraft on the ADS-B Exchange "global Radar View". The bot will consider an aircraft to be "circling" if: 1. In the past 25 minutes, the sum of the aircraft's bearing changes - is more than 1440 degrees. Port turns cancel out starboard turns - and vice versa--there needs to be a net change of at least 1440 - degrees in one direction. + (while in the air; not on the ground) is more than 1440 degrees. + Port turns cancel out starboard turns and vice versa--there needs + to be a net change of at least 1440 degrees in one direction. 2. The centroid of the last 3 minutes worth of positions must be more than 2.5 km away from all known airports. @@ -128,12 +135,6 @@ radius-km: 10 basestation-sqb: clean-basestation.sqb ``` - - -Create an initial history database: - -`echo '{}' > advisory-circular.db` - Make sure you have at least Node version 10.0.0 installed, and then install the node dependencies: @@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ more than once every 10 seconds. * **Do not run the script with a large radius, or adsbexchange.com will ban your IP.** -* **Do not run the script more often than once every 10 seconds, or +* **Do not run the script more often than once every 15 seconds, or adsbexchange.com will ban your IP.**