Open AccessAn analysis of the functionality of selected websites presenting data on air traffic
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Krawczyńska
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
polish cartographical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-6974
pISSN - 2450-6966
DOI - 10.2478/pcr-2020-0014
Subject(s) - credibility , scope (computer science) , computer science , subject (documents) , range (aeronautics) , data science , world wide web , information retrieval , engineering , political science , law , programming language , aerospace engineering
The subject of the article is the assessment and comparison of the functionality of websites presenting flight data and the current location of aircraft on the map. The following websites were assessed: Flightradar24 (flightradar24.com), RadarBox24 (radarbox24.com), Flightaware (flightaware.com) and Plane-finder (planefinder.com). The credibility of the presented data and the range of functions available on the websites were analyzed in detail. A number of functions included in data sets were compared to the examined websites. Additionally, the possibilities of expanding the analyzed websites and extending the scope of their functions were determined. The issue of using data from air traffic data websites for scientific research was also examined.