readsb-native

(In Progress) Native macOS/iOS/tvOS client to view ADS-B aircraft data from readsb protobuf servers

Goals

• Replicate functionality of readsb web UI with native code and controls for macOS/iOS/tvOS
  • Aircraft map
    • Trails
    • Custom Icons for types
    • basic filters
  • Aircraft details
    • ADS-B encoded data
    • Data derived from ICAO hex / ICAO24 database
  • Aircraft list
    • selectable display fields
    • selecting aircraft on list highlights it in map/details

Background

• Mictonic's readsb protobuf fork exposes flight data as bandwidth/parsing-efficient protocol buffer files.
  • You can get an idea of what information is available in readsb.proto.
• not all information commonly seen on FlightRadar24/FlightAware is available from ADS-B alone - much of it is retrieved from databases that map ICAO hex identifiers in ADS-B messages to the more useful forms.