How plane-tracking live streams are made

You watch hundreds of planes but have you ever wondered how plane tracking live streams are created? Today we'll show you how we do it. The key elements are an excellent view of the runway and a high quality AXIS PTZ camera. All the magic happens directly in the camera thanks to the plane tracker app along with the cam streamer app. Flightradar24 provides accurate information about every aircraft in the area via API. The aircraft's position is obtained by the application from an ADS-B receiver. Calibration is necessary for the system to function correctly. The calibration process runs directly on the camera in the plane tracker app. The application takes several shots of the night sky and measures the rotation angles relative to the stars. After calibration the camera can point very accurately to any GPS coordinates and altitude. The plane tracker app determines the position and altitude of the aircraft from ADS-B. Using this data it rotates the camera so that the aircraft is in the frame. The aircraft data are displayed directly in the camera image. The cam streamer app streams the camera image along with the data directly to the Flightradar24 YouTube channel. Everything is fully automated. As soon as the application identifies an aircraft in the zone of interest the camera starts tracking it and displays information in the image. What does the viewer see? The aircraft in the frame plus everything from the flight number target destination and distance from the camera to the current speed stably in any weather 24 hours a day. The entire project is based on a partnership of three parties. The operator who invests in hardware and run the camera on site for aircraft tracking. Cam streamer which provides software and technical support. Flightradar24 which provides the ADS-B receiver aircraft and flight data via API and ensures the stream's visibility on its YouTube channel together with other marketing activities. The display of ads on YouTube generates revenue which the project partners then share. The result is a professional 24-7 live stream that automatically tracks aircraft taking off and landing on the runway and combines camera footage with real-time data. Next time you see one of the airport live streams on the Flightradar24 channel you'll know exactly how it works. Would you like to be part of this? Become a camera operator at another airport. Email us at sales at camstreamer.com