adsb-radar

A realtime radar application for RTLSDR devices that streams rtl1090 mode-s data into the local live aircraft map.

Inspired by Virtual Radar Server and AirplaneJS.

Requirements

• any usb RTLSDR DVB-T/TV/FM/DAB device with 1090Mhz support
• any rtl capture and demodulator below
  • win: jetvision/rtl1090
  • linux: antirez/dump1090
  • osx: mxswd/dump1090-mac
• docker or nodejs + mongodb

Features

• it's lightweight and portable. and can be run in raspberry-pi.
• decodes aircraft icao via VRS SDM and stores in mongodb
• uses web-sockets to update and plot aircraft on leaflet map.

Running

• start rtl1090 capture/dump to stream mode-s data
  • win: run rtl1090.exe (with mode-s + sbs1 broadcast, default port is 31001)
  • linux: dump1090 --net --quiet (default raw-tcp port is 30002)
  • linux: dump1090-mac --net --quiet (default raw-tcp port is 30002)
• set environment variables for MONGODB_HOST and MODE_S_RTL_HOST
• $ docker-compose up or $ docker-compose -f docker-compose.no-mongo.yml up according to your setup

todo

• resolve & display aircraft routes
• diplay list of visible aircrafts & cta
• download & bootstrap rtl tools by platform