Sitrec Support for Multi-Track from ADSB-Exchange and other Drone Tracking Tips

[Mick West]

There are often multiple planes in any given area, and it can be quite a pain to get all their individual tracks into Google Earth. Luckily ADSBx has a "Multi Track" option that allows you to select as many planes as you like, and then download them all in one file. @flarkey often uses this. You need to let the time run a bit past the suspected time of interest, as the tracks will stop where they are on screen.

(I have a premium account, but it works with the free version, which I'm demonstrating with an incognito window)

This gives you a KML file with all the tracks in a folder inside it. You can load this into Google Earth:

And now you can also drop it into Sitrec, in the Custom tool
https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?sitch=custom

(The Night Sky/Starlink tool will eventually be folded into the Custom tool).

You can also drag in a video. 720p is recommended.

Early days yet, so a bit fiddly. But there's quite a bit you can do. You'll want to set the startTime to the start time of the video. Then you can change the Camera Track to "fixed Camera" and set the Lat/Lon of the camera (Or press "C" to drag it around, shift-C to snap to ground)

Tracks start out with a small sphere, you can make that visible (like a light would be) by making it larger.

https://www.metabunk.org/u/cakZJs.html

Then in theory you can replicate the video and share it.

Plenty of work to do here, and I invite suggestions.

 

[JMartJr]

Plenty of work to do here, and I invite suggestions.

I have no suggestions, but may I express awe, and appreciation? If so, consider them to be expressed.

 

[jarlrmai]

I know it's impossible but all I really want is the ability to position a virtual camera easily in Google Earth with terrain and buildings.

 

[Mick West]

I know it's impossible but all I really want is the ability to position a virtual camera easily in Google Earth with terrain and buildings.

Eventually, I hope to have buildings in Sitrec.

 

[Trailblazer]

I know it's impossible but all I really want is the ability to position a virtual camera easily in Google Earth with terrain and buildings.

Yes I have been really struggling with Google Earth.

The desktop (Pro) version is a lot easier for working with KML files from FlightAware etc, but the 3D rendering is awful/non-existent.

The web version has nice 3D rendering but Street View is completely opaque so you can't see the tracks through it – on the Pro app it's kind of glitchy but you can usually see the track "through" the Street View.

And on the web version, often when I drag KML files in I can't see them at all, no matter what I try.

I haven't yet given Sitrec a proper try - I tried to play with it a few months ago and found it all very confusing.

I would say I'm getting old but @Mick West is older than me and he built the darn thing...

 

[Mick West]

I haven't yet given Sitrec a proper try - I tried to play with it a few months ago and found it all very confusing.

I would say I'm getting old but @Mick West is older than me and he built the darn thing...

Hey, it confuses me, too. Which is one of the things I'm trying to improve.